What is a button accordion?

The word "accordion" in Russian has several meanings. In the article we will consider them.

Tool

What is the accordion in a musical context? This is a button pneumatic musical instrument from the family of reeds with a chromatic scale (full) on the right, chord and bass accompaniment to the left. As a matter of fact, this is one of the varieties of improved hand harmonics.

The first hand harmonica with a full chromaticThe scale was made by Mirwald (Germany), and already in 1892 it became known in Russia. These tools are made by Moscow masters. A little later (1907) the master of Sterligov from Peter makes a tool, which received its name from the narrator Boyan ("The Lay of Igor's Host"). The earliest known mention of the word "accordion" in music literature is in the tutorial for the accordion (1903). Following Sterligov in Russia, chromatic five-row bayans were made by other masters. About how to learn how to play this instrument, read in our article How to play the accordion.

What is the accordion on the Internet?

In modern jargon of active usersInternet, this word means "old, well-known joke, text, image." Some interpret the concept as an abbreviation: "It was, I did not notice." By the way, this word can also be depicted in a pseudo-graphic. In other words, the accordion - this is something known to everyone, repeatedly used, but someone given out for a new one.

And also "Bayan" is one of the tools of the "Yandex" system, intended for posting banner ads.