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Piano accordion

Colour photograph of Martin Bellemare standing and playing piano accordion, as he faces the audience with his eyes closed.

Photograph, 2015

Collection of the Carrefour mondial de l’accordéon, PH25646

The piano accordion has a right keyboard juste like a regular piano. The fingering is similar to the one used for organ or piano. It is a unisonoric instrument, that mean, each keys plays a single note.

This type of instrument is particulary popular in the United States, Scotland, as well as various contries in Easter Europe. It is used for many styles of music, including classical, folk and jazz.