Concertina facts for kids
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A concertina is a musical instrument that makes sounds using air pushed and pulled through reeds using a bellows. The fingers push buttons at both ends of the instrument.
The Anglo concertina has the bass notes at the left side and makes other tones pushing than pulling a button.
The English concertina makes the same tone pushing and pulling a button.
The duet concertinas have the bass notes at the left side and make the same tone pushing and pulling a button. The Hayden duet concertina has the same fingering for all scales. It has a shifted 6-plus-6 keyboard layout.
Related pages
Images for kids
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English Concertina disassembled, showing bellows, reedpan and buttons.
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Hayden Duet Concertina
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Chemnitzer concertina made by Star Mfg., Cicero, Illinois, USA in 2000
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Bastari 40-button Anglo concertina
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Duet concertina, English concertina, Anglo concertina
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German concertina, mid 19th century
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Irish historian Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Blind Girl (1856)
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American Woman Playing a Concertina (1860)
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Sailor's concertina
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The Anglo concertina and the bandoneon
See also
In Spanish: Concertina para niños
