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bandoneon

bandoneon noun: a small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

bandoneon: a small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles
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Noun

bandoneon (plural bandoneons)

  1. A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
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    • Piazzolla studied piano in New York with Rachmaninoff and went to France to study with Nadia Boulanger, but his first and favorite instrument was the bandoneon, an accordion-like instrument invented in 1854 by Heinrich Band that has a series of buttons instead of piano keys.2002, Alexander J. Morin, editor, Classical Music, Backbeat Books, →ISBN, page 700

Forms of bandoneon

pluralbandoneons
alternative formbandoleon
alternative formbandonion

Origin of bandoneon

From Spanish bandoneón, from German Bandoneon, named after Heinrich Band.

Words formed from bandoneon

Questions about bandoneon

What does bandoneon mean?
Bandoneon means a small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
What part of speech is bandoneon?
Bandoneon is a noun.
What is the plural of bandoneon?
The plural of bandoneon is bandoneons.

Words near bandoneon in the dictionary

  1. bandolins
  2. bandolist
  3. bandolists
  4. bandom
  5. Bandon
  6. bandoneon
  7. bandoneonist
  8. bandoneonists
  9. bandoneons
  10. bandonion
  11. bandonions

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