List of music styles that incorporate the accordion


Traditional music styles incorporating the accordion
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 and the new instruments were incorporated into the local traditional music.
RegionStyle nameMain accordion type
ArgentinaTango; ChamaméBandoneon; Diatonic button accordion
AustriaSchrammelmusikSchrammelharmonika
The BahamasRake-and-scrapeDiatonic button accordion
Basque CountryBasque musicTrikitixa
BohemiaPolka
BrazilForró ; Rio Grande do Sul's traditional music, which include the following genres: Milonga, Chamamé, Polca, Tango, Valsa, Xote, :es:Rasguido doble|Rasguido Doble, :pt:Vanerão|Vanera, :pt:Bugio |Bugio, :es:Chamarrita|Chamarra and :pt:Rancheira|Rancheira; SertanejoDiatonic button accordion, Piano accordion, Bandoneon
BrittanyBreton 'Fest Noz' musicDiatonic button accordion, Chromatic Button Accordion C System
BulgariaHoro "Хоро"-
CanadaFrench-Canadian music, Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
CanadaInuit musicDiatonic button accordion
Cape VerdeFunaná
ColombiaCumbia, VallenatoDiatonic button accordion
CaucasusLezginka
ChileCuecaPiano accordion
Dominican RepublicMerengueDiatonic button accordion
Eastern EuropeKlezmer
Eastern EuropeMusic of Southeastern EuropeChromatic Button Accordion B System
EgyptBaladi
EnglandMorris DancingDiatonic button accordion
FranceBal-musetteDiatonic button accordion
GreeceRebetiko
Ireland Irish traditional music B/C,C#/D
ItalySaltarelloOrganetto
ItalyTarantellaOrganetto
KoreaTrot music
MexicoNorteño
NetherlandsLevenslied
PanamaTamborito and Cumbia
ScotlandCountry Dance, Bothy BandPiano accordion, Diatonic Button Accordion C,C#,D
Sonoran DesertChicken scratch
South AfricaBoeremusiekConcertina, Piano accordion
ThailandMor lam
ThailandLuk thung
Turks and CaicosRipsaw music
United States of AmericaCajun musicDiatonic button accordion
United States of AmericaTejano
United States of AmericaWestern musicPiano accordion Diatonic button accordion
United States of AmericaZydeco
UruguayPolca, Tango, ChamarritaBandoneon; Diatonic button accordion, Piano accordion
Various countriesGeneric 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