Accordion and accordion ensembles

Ovaj završni rad govori o razvoju harmonike od njezinih početaka do instrumenta kojeg danas poznajemo. Opisane su različite vrste harmonika, njezina građa, tehnike korištenja mijeha, princip nastanka tona te njezina pojava u harmonikaškim ansamblima. Predstavljeni su i domaći i svjetski skladatelji koji su svojim originalnim skladbama donijeli veliki doprinos literaturi za ovaj instrument. Iako se afirmirala kao klasičan instrument, pored umjetničke glazbe se često susreće i u tradicijskoj glazbi ali i ostalim glazbenim žanrovima.This final work discusses the development of accordion from the beginnings till the instrument that we know today. There are descriptions of accordion types, as well its parts, techniques of using the bellows, the principle of occurrence of tons of the accordion and the more appearance of the accordion in the accordion ensembles. Many national and international composers are mentioned, whose original compositions have greatly contributed to the literature for this instrument. Although, it is mainly established as a classical instrument found in traditional music, it also appears in other music genres