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Any chance of adding Tejano music styles such as guapango, polka, valse, cumbia. Normally these styles would require a button accordian, bajo sexto (Mexican 12 string guitar), drums and bass.

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I second this. I am learning the button accordion and would love to be able to use band in a box to practice with. I am a prospective customer and I specifically came to this site looking for this.

If it does not exist, how many people would be the critical mass needed for the style to get created? There is a huge forum online that is for accordion players and bajo sexton/quinto players that could be tapped and I'm sure that there would be some interest.

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Tejano styles were introduced few years ago and they consist of RealTracks; the polkas and 4/4 styles are very good. I play a number of Little Joe tunes and others.

For me, only thing missing is a good solo accordion. I forget if it's possible to preview styles online.

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I am interested in that, always for new music from all over the world.
Please says me, which styles you mean.
Or you could send me Band Names or MIDI Files.
I would try to make a Style out of that and upload it.

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Here are some examples from a horn player in a tejano group:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cYw9jdSS8s
Instrumentation: Horns (somewhat covered by one of the keyboard players in this live example - plus the tenor lead)
Accordion (diatonic, button - similar to harmonica - carry multiple keys of accordion depending on the tune's key)
Keyboards (which cover horn, strings, guitar, synth sounds, electric piano, etc)
Bass
Drums (generally an emphasis on the upbeat)
Vocals/harmonies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-IGnQGU18
Similar instrumentation - but with actual guitar (distorted, lead and clean rhythm guitar w/primarily an upbeat figure) Lead sax here is an alto.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcCE7gaUxOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9oyaAA4S4
Similar instrumentation - add a more full horn section with trumpets (2+), trombone, tenor sax, bari sax (or alto sax)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEs02X74gAM
Similar instrumentation - add a more full horn section with trumpets (2+), trombone, tenor sax, bari sax (or alto sax)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqfDYs55Qw
Same group as above, different style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scHMPQZG97A
Different group - similar instrumentation with more full horn section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU9IwVHo2Ik
As above

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQ6KwVmXI4
More keyboard centric - subtract large horn section and subtract accordion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxIPMxQk8g
Similar instrumentation as above

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoS3Rim5kVk
Instrumentation for this tune varies - later versions have more keyboard and two trumpets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4tmeB9IQg
Back to Latin breed - distorted guitar + full horn section

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-1GeOwo6p4
Ballad - more trombone featured

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5Fb5Ze_UA
Horn section, accordion, percussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm1ah5j_f5A
Full horn section, no accordion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDUo2X3d-fg
Accordion, alto sax (not as full of a horn section)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwrtIFJXkXc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VhNi9A9Dkg
Accordion/Bajo Sexto + (alto sax, keyboard used sparingly)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOohegkcZpA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xy_Qpk4qXc
Full horn section (trumpets, saxes, bone), keys, accordion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PgPaeyDtJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzgx3AcMl3Q
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qt43UpdakY live version - accordion, guitar, keys, alto sax)

... More in the Latin vein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnitHzpPbDE
Full horn section - no accordion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iweW1evEr5U (above is cover of Johnny Martinez - here)


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