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☞Well, it’s that time of year again... so... Buttermilk Junction wishes all Happy National Accordion Month!
☞…And -- Wait for it… We also wish everyone a “Happy‽” National Migraine Headache Month!
☞Today, June 1, is the first day of National Accordion Awareness Month, which was established in 1989 to help spread the word about the resurgence of the popularity of accordions, & “to educate the general public about the various types of squeeze-boxes.”
☞It is a curiously-interesting coincidence that the month of June happens to both National Accordion Awareness Month & National Migraine Headache Awareness Month… but maybe we shouldn’t have mentioned that -- because... because there couldn’t possibly be any connection between accordions & headaches! Wink, wink… nudge, nudge… say no more!
☞Types of squeeze-boxes recognized during National Accordion Month include piano accordions, the various types of chromatic & diatonic button accordions, & the various types of concertinas, flutinas, melodeons, harmoniums bandoneóns, et cætera.
☞The origin of the accordion can be traced to Germany where the first button accordions appeared in the early 1820s & the first concertinas made their appearance in the late 1820s.
☞The word “accordion,” is derived from the 19th-Century German word “akkordion” or “akkordeon,” & is variously spelled “accordion,” “accordian,” “accordeon,” & “accordéon.” Opinions differ as to the proper spelling, & this has become the subject of much disagreement & debate; however, “accordion” seems to be the preferred spelling by a slight majority.
☞“Squeeze-box” is a colloquial expression referring to any musical instrument of the general class of hand-held, bellows-driven, free-reed ærophones such as accordions & concertinas, & so on, & so forth.
Stuff you didn’t know you needed to know, former accordion player here.
Sgt (Join to see)Amn Dale Preisach SPC Robert Coventry SSG Loran Osborne CPT Jerry Lucas Cpl Vic BurkSFC Ralph E Kelley PV2 Larry Sellnow PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Charlie LeeSgt (Join to see) ] CPT Jerry Lucas MSG Stan Hutchison MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
☞…And -- Wait for it… We also wish everyone a “Happy‽” National Migraine Headache Month!
☞Today, June 1, is the first day of National Accordion Awareness Month, which was established in 1989 to help spread the word about the resurgence of the popularity of accordions, & “to educate the general public about the various types of squeeze-boxes.”
☞It is a curiously-interesting coincidence that the month of June happens to both National Accordion Awareness Month & National Migraine Headache Awareness Month… but maybe we shouldn’t have mentioned that -- because... because there couldn’t possibly be any connection between accordions & headaches! Wink, wink… nudge, nudge… say no more!
☞Types of squeeze-boxes recognized during National Accordion Month include piano accordions, the various types of chromatic & diatonic button accordions, & the various types of concertinas, flutinas, melodeons, harmoniums bandoneóns, et cætera.
☞The origin of the accordion can be traced to Germany where the first button accordions appeared in the early 1820s & the first concertinas made their appearance in the late 1820s.
☞The word “accordion,” is derived from the 19th-Century German word “akkordion” or “akkordeon,” & is variously spelled “accordion,” “accordian,” “accordeon,” & “accordéon.” Opinions differ as to the proper spelling, & this has become the subject of much disagreement & debate; however, “accordion” seems to be the preferred spelling by a slight majority.
☞“Squeeze-box” is a colloquial expression referring to any musical instrument of the general class of hand-held, bellows-driven, free-reed ærophones such as accordions & concertinas, & so on, & so forth.
Stuff you didn’t know you needed to know, former accordion player here.
Sgt (Join to see)Amn Dale Preisach SPC Robert Coventry SSG Loran Osborne CPT Jerry Lucas Cpl Vic BurkSFC Ralph E Kelley PV2 Larry Sellnow PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Charlie LeeSgt (Join to see) ] CPT Jerry Lucas MSG Stan Hutchison MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Wow! I learned something new, today! I will have to get to know more about the National Accordion Awareness Month! I bet "Weird AL Yankovic" is very aware of it!
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Maj Kim Patterson
My high school friend who stuck with the lessons now plays in Nashville with the number one Elvis impersonator, Dwight Eisenhower. And he also travels with a Tribute to Heart. Guess I should have skeptical going but at the time I thought 4 ye wars was enough
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CPT Richard Trione
Maj Kim Patterson - That is really Amazing! Does your friend still play the Accordion?
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