Cajun accordion
A Cajun accordion (in Cajun French: accordéon), also known as a squeezebox, is single-row diatonic button accordion used for playing Cajun and Creole music.
An Acadian brand Cajun Accordion | |
| Other names | diatonic button accordion, melodeon |
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| Classification | Free-reed aerophone |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 412.13 (Reeds vibrate within a closely fitting slot) |
| Developed | 19th century |
| Related instruments | |
| Accordion, Bandoneón, Harmonica, Harmonium | |
| Musicians | |
| Joe Falcon, Iry LeJeune, Amédé Ardoin, "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Nathan Abshire | |
| Builders | |
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| More articles or information | |
| Cajun Music, Cajun, History of Cajun Music | |
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