MUSC 324 Lecture 3: Tex Mex
31 Jul 2016
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European immigrants arrive in texas and mexico (polish, germans, czech. Music of the north: music played by a group including bajo sexto and accordion in n. Tex mex: music played by tejanos; american in uence of rock, pop, c&w, r&b; english traditionally was instrumental: button accordion & bajo sexto adornos. 1930"s - 1950"s: added vocals, electric bass, drum set, and sometimes sax or keyboard. Texas tornados with doug sahm and freddy fender developed in 1880"s/90"s brass band with drum set (10 - 20 members) trumpets, clarinets, trombones, horns, tuba full drum set play various song genres, with polka, cumbia, or waltz rhythm.
