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n. (context informal English) accordion
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The term squeezebox (also squeeze box, squeeze-box) is a colloquial expression referring to any musical instrument of the general class of hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophones such as the accordion and the concertina. The term is so applied because such instruments are generally in the shape of a rectangular prism or box, and the bellows is operated by squeezing in and drawing out.
Accordions (including piano accordions and button accordions) typically have right-hand buttons or keys that play single notes (melody) and left hand buttons that play chords and bass notes.
The bandoneon is a type of concertina particularly popular in South America and Lithuania, frequently featuring in tango ensembles.
Concertinas (including the English concertina, Anglo concertina and bandoneon) play single notes (melody) on both left and right hands.
The Indian harmonium remains an important instrument in many genres of Indian music, stemming from French-made hand-pumped harmoniums being brought to India by missionaries in the mid-19th century.
The flutina is an early precursor to the diatonic button accordion.
Squeezebox is a class of musical instruments including accordions and concertinas.
Squeezebox or Squeeze box may also refer to:
- "Squeeze Box" (song), a song by The Who
- Squeezebox (network music player), a digital audio streaming device
- Hug machine or squeeze box, a therapeutic stress-relieving device
- Squeeze box (magic trick), an illusion where the magician or his assistant has his head right next to his feet after entering a box that squeezes
- A segment of the musical piece "Acadian Songs and Dances", composed by Virgil Thomson (1896-1989); from the film " Louisiana Story" of Robert Flaherty (1948)
Squeezebox is a network music player from Logitech. The squeezebox was originally discontinued in favor of the visually similar but simplified Logitech UE Smart Radio, but in 2013 Logitech added an official menu option to install the Squeezebox software on the Smart Radio, effectively turning it into a Squeezebox Radio.
Usage examples of "squeezebox".
A little while later Squeezebox gave word to open up, and the townies started streaming in.
Squeezebox, Junebug, and some of the others came over to get the townies to line up and make sure nobody started digging early.
Instead, Brownie pulled me over to where none of the townies could hear us, with Squeezebox and Lorinda following.