Get to know Accordions better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Accordions meaning
plural of accordion
Using Accordions
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of accordion
- In the example corpus, accordions often appears in combinations such as: accordions are, accordions and, of accordions.
Context around Accordions
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Accordions
- In this selection, "accordions" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, button, playing, own, kim, museum and usually stand out and add context to how "accordions" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 000 accordions kim s and accordions have many. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "accordions" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with accordions
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Accordions have many configurations and types. (6 words)
All but the smallest accordions usually have treble switches. (9 words)
The larger and more expensive accordions often also have bass switches. (11 words)
Two major systems exist, referred to as the B-system and the C-system (there are also regional variants.) * Diatonic button accordions use a buttonboard designed around the notes of diatonic scales in a small number of keys. (38 words)
On TV, we had the White Heather Club - women in white frocks and tartan sashes dancing impossibly complicated reels and strathspeys; men in kilts playing accordions and singing kitsch songs about exile and nostalgia. (34 words)
Manufacturing process The best accordions are always fully hand-made, especially in the aspect of reeds; completely hand-made reeds have a far better tonal quality than even the best automatically manufactured reeds. (33 words)
Example sentences (19)
Frenzel said people probably started calling out bigger boats last year because they’ve gradually gotten bigger; he said one fisherman compared Bristol Bay boats to accordions.
On TV, we had the White Heather Club - women in white frocks and tartan sashes dancing impossibly complicated reels and strathspeys; men in kilts playing accordions and singing kitsch songs about exile and nostalgia.
Regardless, he has no plans to retire and is even working on building his own accordions from scratch.
Bizarrely the goods included 27 tons of fake eyelashes, eyebrows, and beards and more than 1,000 accordions - Kim’s favourite musical instrument.
Founded in 1993, the World of Accordions Museum in Superior, Wisconsin, documents the history and culture of the musical instrument.
Red beans, crawfish benedict, boudin, fiddles, Bourré, accordions and delicious craft brews – we dare you to find a more perfect way to spend your Sundays.
Accordions have many configurations and types.
All accordions have a (mostly adjustable) leather strap on the left-hand manual to keep the player's hand in position while drawing the bellows.
All but the smallest accordions usually have treble switches.
Classification of chromatic and piano type accordions In describing/pricing an accordion, the first factor is size, expressed in number of keys on either side.
In a sense, all accordions are handmade, since there is always some hand assembly of the small parts required.
Manufacturing process The best accordions are always fully hand-made, especially in the aspect of reeds; completely hand-made reeds have a far better tonal quality than even the best automatically manufactured reeds.
Nevertheless, according to Russian researchers, the earliest known simple accordions were made in Tula, Russia by Timofey Vorontsov from 1820, and Ivan Sizov from 1830.
The French town of Tulle has hosted Maugein Freres since 1919, and the company is now the last complete process manufacturer of accordions in France.
The larger and more expensive accordions often also have bass switches.
The reeds of most woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax ("Giant cane") or synthetic material; tuned reeds (as in harmonicas and accordions ) are made of metal or synthetics.
This is the left-hand manual system found on most unisonoric accordions today Different systems are also in use for the left-hand manual, which is normally used for playing the accompaniment.
Two major systems exist, referred to as the B-system and the C-system (there are also regional variants.) * Diatonic button accordions use a buttonboard designed around the notes of diatonic scales in a small number of keys.
When the two instruments are combined, the result is quite similar to diatonic button accordions still manufactured today.
Common combinations with accordions
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- accordions are 3×
- accordions and 2×
- of accordions 2×
- accordions have 2×
- all accordions 2×
- accordions in 2×
- button accordions 2×