Accordion Quiz Questions and Answers
Q1. Who is credited with patenting the instrument named “accordion” in 1829, coining the term?
A. Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann
B. Cyrill Demian
C. Charles Wheatstone
D. Anton Zuleger
Answer: B. Cyrill Demian
Q2. What ancient Chinese instrument is considered the ancestor of the accordion due to its use of free reeds?
A. Erhu
B. Pipa
C. Sheng
D. Guzheng
Answer: C. Sheng
Q3. In what year was the piano accordion, featuring a piano-style keyboard, first introduced in Paris?
A. 1852
B. 1855
C. 1867
D. 1900
Answer: A. 1852
Q4. What is the primary function of the bellows in an accordion?
A. To amplify the sound electronically
B. To pump air across the reeds to produce sound
C. To change the pitch of the notes
D. To hold the instrument in place
Answer: B. To pump air across the reeds to produce sound
Q5. How do free reeds in an accordion produce sound?
A. By striking against a surface like strings
B. By vibrating when air flows past them
C. By being plucked manually
D. By electronic amplification only
Answer: C. By being plucked manually
Q6. What distinguishes a unisonoric accordion from a bisonoric one?
A. Unisonoric has buttons; bisonoric has keys
B. Unisonoric produces the same note on push and pull; bisonoric produces different notes
C. Unisonoric is always diatonic; bisonoric is chromatic
D. Unisonoric uses bellows; bisonoric does not
Answer: B. Unisonoric produces the same note on push and pull; bisonoric produces different notes
Q7. Which type of accordion typically features a piano-style keyboard on the right hand?
A. Diatonic button accordion
B. Chromatic button accordion
C. Piano accordion
D. Concertina
Answer: C. Piano accordion
Q8. What is the Stradella bass system commonly found in?
A. Diatonic button accordions
B. Electronic accordions exclusively
C. Single-reed folk instruments only
D. Piano and chromatic button accordions
Answer: D. Piano and chromatic button accordions
Q9. Which accordion type is bisonoric and often used in Irish traditional music?
A. Diatonic button accordion
B. Russian bayan
C. Piano accordion
D. Free-bass accordion
Answer: A. Diatonic button accordion
Q10. What are registers (or couplers) used for in an accordion?
A. To secure the instrument with straps
B. To switch between different sets of reeds for timbre changes
C. To tune the reeds automatically
D. To amplify the volume electronically
Answer: B. To switch between different sets of reeds for timbre changes
Q11. In which genre is the accordion central to Argentine music, often via the bandone0n?
A. Polka
B. Forro
C. Tango
D. Musette
Answer: C. Tango
Q12. Which Brazilian genres prominently feature the accordion?
A. Samba and bossa nova
B. Forro and sertanejo
C. Choro exclusively
D. Capoeira music
Answer: B. Forro and sertanejo
Q13. In French music, what genre is closely associated with the accordion?
A. Chanson
B. Classical symphony
C. Opera
D. Musette
Answer: D. Musette
Q14. Which country has a strong tradition of the bayan, a chromatic button accordion?
A. Mexico
B. Russia
C. Ireland
D. United States
Answer: B. Russia
Q15. In Colombian music, the accordion is essential to which genre?
A. Vallenato
B. Cumbia
C. Salsa
D. Reggaeton
Answer: A. Vallenato
Q16. Which North American genre features the accordion in Cajun and Zydeco styles?
A. Bluegrass
B. Louisiana Creole music
C. Country western
D. Blues
Answer: B. Louisiana Creole music
Q17. Who is known as a pioneering jazz accordionist who elevated the instrument in classical and jazz?
A. Myron Floren
B. Richard Galliano
C. Weird Al Yankovic
D. Lawrence Welk
Answer: B. Richard Galliano
Q18. Which American performer popularized the accordion through polka parodies and mainstream music?
A. Dick Contino
B. Charles Magnante
C. Weird Al Yankovic
D. Guido Deiro
Answer: C. Weird Al Yankovic
Q19. Who was a key figure in making the accordion popular on American television in the mid-20th century?
A. Myron Floren
B. Pietro Frosini
C. Astor Piazzolla
D. Clifton Chenier
Answer: A. Myron Floren
Q20. Which composer revolutionized tango with innovative accordion-like bandoneón playing?
A. Paul Hindemith
B. Yann Tiersen
C. Astor Piazzolla
D. Alban Berg
Answer: C. Astor Piazzolla
Q21. In which country is the trikitixa, a diatonic button accordion, a traditional instrument?
A. Spain
B. Portugal
C. Greece
D. Turkey
Answer: A. Spain
Q22. What material are accordion bellows typically reinforced with for durability?
A. Plastic only
B. Cardboard, cloth, leather, and metal corners
C. Wood exclusively
D. Steel frames
Answer: B. Cardboard, cloth, leather, and metal corners
Q23. Which part of the accordion protects the reeds and projects sound outward?
A. Grille
B. Bellows
C. Registers
D. Straps
Answer: A. Grille
Q24. How many parts are typically involved in constructing a full accordion?
A. Fewer than 50
B. Hundreds to over a thousand
C. Exactly 120
D. Around 200
Answer: B. Hundreds to over a thousand
Q25. What is a common bass layout in many unisonoric accordions providing root notes and chords?
A. Free-bass system
B. Diatonic scale only
C. Stradella system
D. Piano keyboard
Answer: C. Stradella system