A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right System Who starts to play the bandoneon has to take a first important choice: bisonoric or unisonoric? These are two different keyboard settings, each with its own pros and cons. The choice of the keyboards’ layout at an early stage does not affect very much the repertoire and the technical possibilities, but the choice of unisonoric can […]
Avoiding Mistakes to Preserve Your Passion While it may seem like a minor detail, choosing the right chair for bandoneon practice is crucial to prevent physical problems, tension, and restrictions during training and performance. Personally, I experienced this importance last year when, due to an incorrect chair choice, I suffered from sciatica that prevented me […]
The Bandoneon Range of Notes spans 5 octaves The bandoneon range of notes is surprising, despite the dimensions of this musical instrument: in the most popular model, the 33/38 Rheinische Tonlage Bandoneon, the bass side spans from C2 to B4 (3 octaves), while the melody side ranges from A3 to B6 (another 3 octaves). The […]
