An accordion is a wind musical instrument, formed by a rectangular bellows, and two frames (one on each side) provided with rows of buttons (or with keys like those of the piano on the right hand side); it is played by carrying it hanging from the shoulders and holding it with both hands by the sides, so that the bellows is opened and closed with the left and the keys and buttons are pressed with both.

The accordion, together with the piano and the guitar, are "harmonic" instruments, since with them we can execute both the melody and the harmony of a song. This allows us not only to learn the instrument, but also to learn the basic concepts of music in general, which are rhythm, melody and harmony.

On the other hand, the accordion is the only instrument capable of executing 3 notes at the same time with a single finger (the chords, or basses, of the left hand) this reduces its complexity, since with the right hand we can execute a melody , and with the left hand just touch a button and play a Major, Minor, or Seventh chord, so that we can better focus on the right hand melody.

Virtual Accordion is an accordion simulator for computer and touch devices. Today there are simulators available for:

• Chromatic button accordion (with 120 basses in the left hand and chromatic buttons in the right hand)
• Diatonic Accordion (3-row accordion)
• 2-Row Accordion (ARG) – In “Roque Gonzales” System (known as “verdulera” in Argentina)
  
• Piano Accordion (120 bass accordion with a 47 key piano in the right hand)
• Bandoneon (instrument used mainly in Tango and Chamamé)

In the community section you can find thousands of users interested in the same thing: the accordion! This could be useful for:

• ask questions about a specific accordion or genre of music
• publish some sale or purchase of accordion
• connect with people who like the accordion like you
• post a note related to the accordion
• And why not, upload some video showing off your simulator skills!

The tutorials are YouTube videos, and they are prepared so that you can practice with the accordion you want, for example if we go to the "ADG Accordion Scales" tutorial, a diatonic accordion in ADG tone will appear next to the tutorial.

In this section you will find filters so that you can better find the tutorials you need according to your level, language, accordion, etc. Enjoy them!

The tutorials that you will find in AcordeonVirtual.com have the following advantages:

• They are categorized (by musical genre, difficulty, type of accordion, hand used, language and type of tutorial), and YouTube does not have these filters.
• They have assigned the simulator corresponding to the video (if we enter the «Scales in the chromatic accordion» tutorial, the simulator that will be added next to the video will be the chromatic accordion), with which we save time trying to know «what key the scale is in». accordion” or “what kind of accordion is that”

• From a computer:

Play keys: Pressing alphanumeric keyboard of your computer
Change bellows direction (diatonic accordions): Escape, Shift, Ctrl or Space keys
Move active keys section (accordions with more than 40 keys): Arrows keys

• From a touch device (mobile or tablet):

Play keys: Press them
Change bellows direction: Press over bellows

This is an electronic limitation of most keyboards, since they are designed so that no more than 2 keys can be pressed at the same time.

The solution to this problem is to get an anti-ghosting type keyboard (most gamer keyboards have this feature, but not all, ask carefully before buying it), this anti-ghosting feature allows us to press more than 2 keys at the same time. time (up to 5 or even more)

If you are using the diatonic simulator, you may have already noticed that in addition to playing the notes, you also have to play one more key to close the bellows, which can be the Escape, Shift, Ctrl or Space key. So what we must do is look for which of these keys to close the bellows allows us to play more notes, for example: press Escape, try playing 2 notes, press Shift, try notes, etc., and the key that allows us to play the most notes, It is the one we must use to close the bellows (generally Shift is the one that allows us to play the most notes)

At the moment there is no downloadable version available for PC or smartphone, as our goal is to develop an application that is as easy as possible to use. Without having to install or download anything at all, just connect to the internet and enjoy the simulator.

If the accordion you are looking for is not found within the simulators, you can write to us below and we will contact you to add the simulator to the site 🙂

You just have to write to us in the community section and we will be chatting with you shortly, and in advance, thank you very much for your contribution!

Yes, we can improve it! Simply write to us in the community section and we will contact you right away to see how we can add that sound that you do not find represented in the simulator