Chromatic button accordion

A chromatic button accordion is a type of button accordion

where the melody-side keyboard consists of rows of buttons
Chromatic button
arranged chromatically. The bass-side keyboard is usually the accordion
Stradella system or one of the various free-bass systems. Included
among chromatic button accordions are the Russian bayan and
Schrammel accordion. There can be 3 to 5 rows of vertical treble
buttons. In a 5 row chromatic, two additional rows repeat the first
2 rows to facilitate options in fingering.

Comparing the layout to

the piano accordion,[2]
the advantages of a
chromatic button
accordion are the greater
range and better fingering
options.[notes 1] On the
other hand, some
Classification Free-reed
fingering positions
aerophone
3 row chromatic require twisting of the
wrist and the aspect of Playing range
alternative fingering
patterns may stunt one in sessions of Right-hand manual: The
difficult sight reading.[2] Russian bayan and chromatic
button accordions have a much
Throughout the former Yugoslavia a 6- greater right-hand range in
row chromatic button layout is used scientific pitch notation than an
based on the B system. It is referred to accordion with a piano keyboard:
as dugmetara. five octaves plus a minor third
Chromatic button
system (type C)
(written range = E2-G7, actual
range = E1-D9, some have a 32
ft Register on the Treble to go
Contents even lower down to E0.[1]
History
Left-hand manual
See also
Notes Stradella bass system
References Free-bass system

Chromatic button Musicians

system (type B)
History List of accordionists
More articles or information
Early accordions were bisonoric instruments resembling modern Accordion, Chromatic button
diatonic button accordions. The first unisonoric accordions were accordion, Bayan, Diatonic button
built in Russia in the first half of the 1840s,[3] with chromaticism accordion, Piano accordion, Stradella
not appearing until the 1850s.[4] There are several conflicting
 claims of the invention of the first bass system, Free-bass system,
chromatic button accordion. The first Accordion reed ranks and switches
chromatic button accordion may have
been constructed as early as 1850 by Franz Walther, in 1870 by Nikolai I.
Belobodorev, or as late as 1891 by Georg Mirwald.[5] Many early chromatic
button accordions were similar in design to the schrammel accordion. As the
Stradella bass system would not be invented until later, these accordions often
employed systems that would be considered unusual on a modern chromatic
Six-row system used accordion, such as bisonoric bass buttons.[3][6] Early chromatic button accordions
throughout the former were less popular than their diatonic counterpoints and unstandardized. The
Yugoslavia modern chromatic button accordion, featuring the Stradella bass system, was
patented in 1897 by Paolo Soprani, with the assistance of Mattia Beraldi and
Raimondo Piatanesi. Its production and sale by Paolo Soprani helped globally
spread and standardize the chromatic button accordion.[5]

See also
Bayan
Bandoneon
Diatonic button accordion
Piano accordion
Isomorphic keyboard

Notes
1. The uniform layout allows for uniform fingering and making of chords; meanwhile, the
chromatic button layout also allows for alternative fingerings. As the buttons are closer, it is
also easier to reach notes that are far apart, such as two octaves apart.

References
1. Ricardo Llanos and Inaki Alberdi, "Accordion for Composers" (Spanish publication: 2002),
2-5).
2. Dan Lindgren, Piano Accordion vs. Chromatic Button Accordion Online PDF (http://nydana.s
e/accordiontest.pdf)
3. Doktorski, Henry (1998). "The Classical Accordion, part 2" (https://web.archive.org/web/2016
0314051135/http://free-reed.net/history/classic2.html). The Classical Free Reed, Inc. The
Classical Free-Reed, Inc. Archived from the original (http://free-reed.net/history/classic2.htm
l) on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
4. "Invention and Development of the Accordion" (https://web.archive.org/web/2019060709325
4/http://www.accordions.com/index/his/his_inv_dev.shtml). Accordions Worldwide. Archived
from the original (http://www.accordions.com/index/his/his_inv_dev.shtml) on 2019-06-07.
Retrieved 2020-05-28.
5. Hermosa, Gorka (2013). The Accordion in the 19th Century. Kattigara. ISBN 978-84-940481-
7-3.
6. This can also be seen in photographs and illustrations of such accordions; Their bass
keyboard does not have the characteristic angled rows of the Stradella bass system
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