Jabara: Accordion & Concertina

Jabara turns the fold of a folding phone into the bellows of a concertina. Hold the open phone like a book, press the note and chord buttons with your thumbs, and close and open it: the faster you move, the louder and brighter the reeds sound. Stop, and the note fades like a real bellows losing its air. HOW IT PLAYS • Right hand: ten melody buttons (C major, from C up to the E an octave above) on two thumb-reach arcs. • Left hand: chord buttons in circle-of-fifths order; each one plays a bass note and a close-voiced chord. • The bellows: open = draw, close = push. Speed sets the volume; reversing the direction dips the sound exactly like a real concertina. • Air button: hold it to move the bellows silently and reset them to the middle. • Guided songs: follow the lit buttons to play Twinkle Twinkle, Ode to Joy and When the Saints Go Marching In in your first minute. • Record what you…