This is a list of articles describing traditional music styles that incorporate the accordion , alphabetized by assumed region of origin.
Note that immigration has affected many styles: e.g. for the South American styles of traditional music, German and Czech immigrants arrived with accordions (usually button boxes) and the new instruments were incorporated into the local traditional music.
Traditional music styles incorporating the accordion [ edit ]
Region
Style name
Main accordion type (if applicable)
Argentina
Tango ; Chamamé
Bandoneon ; Diatonic button accordion
Austria
Schrammelmusik
Schrammelharmonika (Chromatic button accordion )
The Bahamas
Rake-and-scrape
Diatonic button accordion
Basque Country
Basque music
Trikitixa (Diatonic button accordion )
Bohemia
Polka
Brazil
Forró (in northeastern Brazil); Rio Grande do Sul's traditional music , which include the following genres: Milonga , Chamamé , Polca , Tango , Valsa , Xote , Rasguido Doble , Vanera , Bugio , Chamarra and Rancheira ; Sertanejo
Diatonic button accordion , Piano accordion , Bandoneon
Brittany
Breton 'Fest Noz' music
Diatonic button accordion , Chromatic Button Accordion C System
Bulgaria
Horo "Хоро"
Canada
French-Canadian music , Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
Inuit music
Diatonic button accordion
Cape Verde
Funaná
Catalonia
Catalan folk music
Diatonic button accordion (Marimon style)
Colombia
Cumbia , Vallenato
Diatonic button accordion
Caucasus
Lezginka
Chile
Cueca
Piano accordion
Dominican Republic
Merengue
Diatonic button accordion
Eastern Europe
Klezmer
Eastern Europe
Music of Southeastern Europe
Chromatic Button Accordion B System
Egypt
Baladi
England
Morris Dancing
Diatonic button accordion (melodeon)
France
Bal-musette , Chanson réaliste
Diatonic button accordion
Greece
Rebetiko
Ireland (Éire)
Irish traditional music (ceol, "trad")
B/C,C#/D (23 key, 8 bass button accordion)
Italy
Saltarello
Organetto (2, 4, and 8 Bass Diatonic)
Italy
Tarantella
Organetto (2, 4, and 8 Bass Diatonic)
Japan
Ryūkōka
Korea
Trot music
Madagascar
Salegy , Batrelaky
Mexico
Norteño
Netherlands
Levenslied
Panama
Tamborito and Cumbia
Scotland
Country Dance , Bothy Band
Piano accordion , Diatonic Button Accordion C,C#,D
Sonoran Desert
Chicken scratch
South Africa
Boeremusiek
Concertina , Piano accordion
Thailand
Mor lam
Thailand
Luk thung
Turks and Caicos
Ripsaw music
United States of America
Cajun music
Diatonic button accordion
United States of America
Tejano
United States of America
Western music
Piano accordion Diatonic button accordion
United States of America
Zydeco
Uruguay
Polca , Tango , Chamarrita
Bandoneon ; Diatonic button accordion , Piano accordion
Various countries
Generic traditional music not specified by name, such as Swiss folk music , etc., that can be any one of the entries in the list of cultural and regional genres of music .
Various types (Button accordion or Piano accordion )
Styles
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