accordion music

Bellows-produced folk tunes

Accordion music is music featuring the accordion prominently, or music typically played on accordion.

The term evokes specific folk and popular traditions—polka, zydeco, tango, French musette, Tejano—where the accordion dominates.

It can carry connotations of old-world nostalgia or working-class dance halls: The restaurant played accordion music to set the mood.

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left hand · klezmer · norteno · concertina · reeds · tango · zydeco · squeezebox · keyboard · conjunto · finger dexterity · folk music · old world · busker · Bohemia · chanson · street · Paris

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instrument type

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Pieces written for keyboards

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musical style/aesthetic

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Electronic dance genre

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cultural register

accordion musicavant-garde music

Boundary-defying sonic innovation

mainstream pop · art music

Family

accordion, accordionist

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G