accordion
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“I was very conservative on the accordion part. I just played little parts here and there,” said Muñoz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She said he was loved by friends, talented in music and sport, having played the fiddle, accordion and enjoyed judo, chess and sea scouts.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Spring is the ideal time for lunch or sunset dinner: Staff open the glass accordion windows when the temperature hovers between 50 and 80 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
She liked him so much from that first meeting that she fixed things so that he would win the accordion in the raffle.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The artist was primarily a pianist and flutist, but also played saxaphone, guitars, drums, and accordions - and frequently incorporated household objects into his work.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
“Of course we used accordions to help us,” said Jerónimo Contreras, 42, a businessman who was accompanying his elderly parents at a polling site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
Suddenly, the song that was a hit in the mid- to late aughts has become a norteña, a ballad from a regional Mexican genre that relies heavily on accordions and other acoustic instruments.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
For example: Did you know concert accordions can contain up to 7,000 parts?
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
Her long, tragic sigh was like the final wheezing note played on the last accordion in all the world, moments before accordions became extinct.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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