Bayan - Russian button accordion - баянRussian music | Russian musicians | Russian entertainment database Bayan - Russian button accordion history
The bayan is a type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century. It was in Petersburg from the 1770's to the 1790's where Kratzenstein, Kirsnik, and Vogler were inspired to build the first free-reed instruments. It was in Tula where mass production of accordions began in the 1830's. It was in Vyatskaya in the 1840's where the first double-action accordion was built. It was in Tula where the first chromatic three-row button accordion was built in 1870 by the Russian musician N.I. Beloborodov. It was in Kiev where the first conservatory program in bayan was established in 1927. It was in the U.S.S.R. where the first two concerti for bayan were written in 1937 by Rubtsov and Sotnikov.
BAYAN - Russian button accordion descriptionBAYAN - Russian button accordion - differs from western chromatic button accordions in some details of construction: Reeds are broader and rectangular. Reeds are often attached in large groups to a common plate (rather than in pairs); the plates are screwed to the reed block (rather than attached with wax). The melody-side keyboard is attached near the middle of the body (rather than at the rear). Reeds are generally not tuned with tremolo. Register switches may be operated with the chin on some larger models. The diminished seventh chord row is shifted, so that the diminished seventh G chord is where one would expect the diminished seventh C chord in the Stradella bass system. Converter switches to go from standard pre-set chords to free bass (individual bass notes) are common on the larger instruments. Newer instruments may feature a register, where every tone played actually produces a perfect fifth. The differences in internal construction give the bayan a different tone color from western instruments, especially the bass has a much fuller sound. Because of their range and purity of tone, bayans are often the instrument of choice for accordion virtuosi who perform classical and contemporary classical music. Russian button accordion BAYAN videoRussian "Two Step Dance" - «Девочка Надя»View all videos from that performance Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya from New York and bayan virtuoso Gennady Gutkin videoclips from various performances. RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS "OTRADA" and "IN THE FOREST"Bayan virtuoso Victor Danilochkin and New York based ensemble Barynya performers: Alex Siniavski, Leonid Bruk, Sergey Ryabtsev and Irina Zagornova.
Victor Danilochkin performes with New York based Cossack song, music and dance during the concert in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, June 23, 2007.
Russian folk button accordion GARMOSHKA videodirector of Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya Mikhail Smirnov performes Russian folk song Korobushka on Russian folk accordion GARMOSHKA. RELATED LINKS CONTACT INFORMATIONTo get the price quote, ask any questions please send an email to mikhail@barynya.com or call (201) 981-2497.
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