Concertina

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/concertina

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who invented Concertina?England: 1829 (Sir Charles Wheatstone); Germany: 1834 (Carl Friedrich Uhlig)
2. What is the instrument classification?Free-reed musical instrument
3. How does a concertina make music?When you push or pull the bellows, air flows over metal reeds that vibrate. Each button opens a valve so the right reed gets the air and plays a specific note.
4. Where was the concertina invented?It was invented almost at the same time in England and Germany in the early 1800s. Sir Charles Wheatstone made the English version in 1829 and Carl Uhlig made the German version in 1834.

Free-reed instrument: A classification of musical instruments where sound is produced by the vibration of thin metal reeds within a frame, driven by airflow.