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Bandoneon is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Bandoneon in a sentence

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Bandoneon | Bandoneonist | Bandoneonists | Bandoneons

Bandoneon meaning

A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

Using Bandoneon

  • The main meaning on this page is: A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
  • In the example corpus, bandoneon often appears in combinations such as: the bandoneon, bandoneon and, of bandoneon.

Context around Bandoneon

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

cello 1×

Often after:

piano 1× piazzolla 1× player 1× electric 1× violin 1×

Sentence patterns with Bandoneon

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

director and bandoneon player in 1× drop the bandoneon and to 1× group with bandoneon and other 1× play the bandoneon while standing 1× playing the bandoneon piazzolla also 1× quintet of bandoneon violin piano 1× than the bandoneon 1× up of bandoneon electric piano 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

apart from playing 1× he decided to 1× in 1975 he 1× in later years 1× piazzolla came along 1× six musicians playing 1×

Common sentence endings:

authentic argentinian instruments 1× flute or saxophone 1× for his works 1× his right thigh 1× make up quintango 1× piano for him 1×

Words around Bandoneon

Just before it in the word index:

bandon 11 bandolier 6 bandobast 3 bando 14 bandmembers 4 bandmates 149

Just after it in the word index:

bandoneonist 3 bandoneonists 2 bandoneons 2 bandopadhyay 3 bandpass 16 bandra 83

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Bandoneon

  • In this selection, "bandoneon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cello, piano, piazzolla and player stand out and add context to how "bandoneon" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include director and bandoneon player in and drop the bandoneon and to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bandoneon" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bandoneon

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Six musicians playing violin, cello, bandoneon, piano and bass make up QuinTango. (12 words)

He decided to drop the bandoneon and to dedicate himself to writing and to studying music. (16 words)

Apart from playing the bandoneon, Piazzolla also became Troilo’s arranger and would occasionally play the piano for him. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

At this time he composed and recorded a series of tangos with the String Orchestra of the Paris Opera and began to play the bandoneon while standing up, putting his right foot on a chair and the bellows of the instrument across his right thigh. (45 words)

Piazzolla came along later and wrote his Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, not for the group that we're playing in, which is solo violin with orchestra, but for a smaller group with bandoneon and other authentic Argentinian instruments. (39 words)

In 1975 he set up his Electronic Octet an octet made up of bandoneon, electric piano and/or acoustic piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, synthesizer and violin, which was later replaced by a flute or saxophone. (37 words)

Example sentences (9)

Six musicians playing violin, cello, bandoneon, piano and bass make up QuinTango.

Piazzolla came along later and wrote his Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, not for the group that we're playing in, which is solo violin with orchestra, but for a smaller group with bandoneon and other authentic Argentinian instruments.

Apart from playing the bandoneon, Piazzolla also became Troilo’s arranger and would occasionally play the piano for him.

As well as providing original compositions and arrangements, he was the director and bandoneon player in all of them.

At this time he composed and recorded a series of tangos with the String Orchestra of the Paris Opera and began to play the bandoneon while standing up, putting his right foot on a chair and the bellows of the instrument across his right thigh.

He decided to drop the bandoneon and to dedicate himself to writing and to studying music.

In 1975 he set up his Electronic Octet an octet made up of bandoneon, electric piano and/or acoustic piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, synthesizer and violin, which was later replaced by a flute or saxophone.

In later years, Piazzolla made light of this near miss, joking that had his father not been so careful, he would now be playing the harp, rather than the bandoneon.

The quintet of bandoneon, violin, piano, electric guitar and double bass was Piazzolla's preferred setup on two extended occasions during his career, and most critics consider it to be the most successful instrumentation for his works.

Common combinations with bandoneon

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bandoneon" in a sentence?
An example: "Six musicians playing violin, cello, bandoneon, piano and bass make up QuinTango." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "bandoneon" from authentic English texts.
What does "bandoneon" mean?
Bandoneon means: A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "bandoneon", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.