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metal, and country, it is more general. Tejano is made up of the music that we love to make and listen to. “Tejano music is no generic because we are not generic. It is what we listen to and it in turn listens to us.” (2) The music changes with our influence in the music. The Tejano culture, since its creation in the 18th century, has held strong ties with the Mexican borderlands. Today we still tie the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Tamalipas as an influence in our Tejano culture. Other cultures brought their music to Texas and influenced Tejanos during the early 1900’s. In the 1850’s, Europeans from Germany, Poland and Czech republic migrated to Texas and Mexico but were later forced to flee during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1917. They left some of their culture

behind which would later impact Tejanos. Some of the culture they left behind includes Polkas, Waltz, and other popular forms of music and dance. Tejanos at first mostly sang old songs from Mexico and Spain that had been passed down generations. As musicians of the time traveled though Texas they picked up the sounds and instruments of other cultures. “With the accordion, drum and the bajo sexto, a 12 string bass guitar from Spain, Tejanos now had a sound they could begin to call their own.” (3) So What is Tejano Music…….? “Tejano Music is a unique blend of Rock ‘n Roll, Country, Polka, Rhythm and Blues. The sounds and lyrics reflect the emotions, pride, and multi-cultural experience of the Mexican-American lifestyle. The intergal part of Tejano music has a unique

blend of the accordion and the Bajo-Sexto guitar (12 strings) that form the sound ” Tejano.” (4) Whether they were the kind of songs that made you cry, get drunk, or rejoice in love they were songs that came from the heart of Tejano who has spent his whole life listening to Tejano music remembers it in a different way, I remember when Tejano was more of a slow type, girlie music, and in the 50’s that sound was taken away with such people as Joe Y La Familia. This new Tejano is what we hear today. 31f