Tejano
Texas-Mexican musical style
Tejano refers to Mexican Americans from Texas, or the cultural traditions associated with them.
Most often it describes a style of popular music blending Mexican genres like conjunto and norteño with American rock, country, and pop influences: Selena was the queen of Tejano music.
The word is Spanish for "Texan."
Regional Mexican music group
- SelenaName meaning moon
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
- norteñoSpanish northern adjective
- corridosMexican narrative folk songs
accordion · polka · ranchera · regional Mexican · Los Lobos · mazurka · bolero
Of blended border heritage
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- borderOuter edge or limit
- Rio GrandeMajor southwestern waterway
- San AntonioSouth-central Texas city
bilingual · Spanglish · conjunto · lowrider · carne asada · barbacoa · menudo
Dance in Spanish
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- zapateadoRhythmic stamping dance technique
- partnerOne who shares activity
quinceañera · fiesta · choreography · twirl · two-step
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- timbalesShallow single-headed drum pair
conjunto
Regional Mexican music group
corridos · accordion · polka · ranchera · regional Mexican · Los Lobos · mazurka · bolero
Mexican-American
Of blended border heritage
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- borderOuter edge or limit
- Rio GrandeMajor southwestern waterway
San Antonio · bilingual · Spanglish · conjunto · lowrider · carne asada · barbacoa · menudo
baile
Dance in Spanish
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- zapateadoRhythmic stamping dance technique
partner · quinceañera · fiesta · choreography · twirl · two-step
accordion
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- bassDeep pitch or fish
timbales · congas · keyboards · electric guitar · synthesizer
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
- American Singingspirituals, blues, country, gospel, barbershop
- Latino CultureHispanic Americans, Latino, Chicana, Mexican-American, Cuban Americans
- LatinoMexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican
- Latino identitiesLatino, Latinx, Hispanic, Latin American, Mexican
- regional musicAppalachian music, New Orleans jazz, Nashville sound, Motown, Memphis soul
Tejanomariachi
Mexican folk ensemble
merengue · norteño · ranchera · country music · salsa
Tejanogringo
Foreigner in Latin America
- Tejano musicTexas-Mexican popular genre