When I was a small kid I lived in Robstown, Texas. Altho I am a Gingo , my best friend was a Mexican boy, I loved him and his family and we both were poorer than dirt. I still remember his name, Bito . With his family I learned to love Tejano music, the Mexican people are very good musicians and have a lot of talent.
I can only remember one video where polka players from Europe listened to a recording of Mexican-Tejano music and played their rendition of it back by ear. It was such an awesome thing! Wish that guy would hear it out that way. Oh well.
That man that was saying Mexican and German are different is right. This is South Texas Northern Mexican style of playing. It is like the French saying that Cajun and Zydeco are not French music but yet they are. He's was an old-timer who probably couldn't assimilate and was frustrated.
i thought the accordion was from germany bbut the mexicans have developed a very beautiful way and style of using it .i believe the music varies throughout mexico slightly as it is a big country overall.
The Austrian guy is just jealous that the Chicanos are making such awesome music. I'm not Hispanic, or even from the Southwest, but I LOVE that the Hispanic-Americans are keeping the diatonic accordion alive. Whether it's Conjunto, Vallenato, or Rock 'n Roll; the use of traditional instruments and musical styles in modern music is wonderful, and I say to hell with anyone who says otherwise!
Nobody talks to Flacco like that on my watch! Even if this was filmed before I was born, Hahaha. I credit Flacco with inspiring me to learn to play the 3-row, one of my favorite instruments; he's a legend in Conjunto music and a accordionist extraordinaire! That journalist has no idea what he's talking about.
En Nuevo León se tocan polkas, shotices, redovas y hasta vallenato. Es parte del folklore norestense. No entiendo por qué siempre los gringos quieren decir que son los primeros en todo, pero más aún los descendientes de mexicanos.
Interesting that the Austrian cannot hear any similarity between Austrian and Mexican accordian music. The two styles are not the same but are two streams from the same source. I can hear it. It is obvious. I think his nationalism has made him deaf.
I love this documentary - the researcher/interviewer does such a great job. I only wish he had found a few more people in Austria to talk to, to get some other opinions. I doubt that all would be so negative. Also, I'd be interested to hear the Austrian guy try to elaborate on what he means by "playing with feeling" and why he thinks his style is so different/special.
The Austrian sounds a bit Elitist/Supremacist; too bad he can't acknowledge the incredible talent from the Tejanos and Mexicans who not only adopted the accordion Music but improved it by playing it with more flavor and lots of sentimiento.
He's a typical classical music snob. Classical music musicians can't stand anything that isn't super structured and require notation. It's like a orchestra violin player hating on a country fiddle
@@zakattack8624 and the Austrian guy probably doesn’t like music done by Gypsies, in my opinion he’s music sounds really boring but then again everyone has different taste in music
@0:23 We don't play by note, we play by EAR? WTF!? I'm Tejano and my dad was a Tejano musician and many if not all of our contemporaries PLAY BY NOTE. That's just crazy... Sure, some people play by ear but Valerio Longoria, Flaco Jimenez, Parche, almost all the best damned Tejano Accordion players could READ and play by NOTE. Come on... Some don't but who cares...
Who says that playing by ear is not respectable? That just means that music comes more naturally, in my humble opinion. My guess is the old dude was trying to express that to the Mexican musician, music was more of a second nature as well as to point out the fact that there are Mexican musicians who despite a lack of professional musical upbringing play almost like experts. Not to imply that playing by ear is exclusive to the Mexican and playing by note is exclusive to the German
folkmusik är nationell och internationell på en gång. jag brukar tänka att det är som dialekter. när det gäller olika instrument så går temat igen dialekten är viktig men den är ju sprungen ur ett språk. Jag vill ge ett exemppel. Säckpipa. De ser olika ut och bestyckningen skiljer sig åt grundbas chanter ,melodi och ändå nordisk skotsk irländsk kanadensisk, östeuropa ser lite olika ut spelas lite olika men , enligt min mening, har all folkmusikorienterad musik samma ursprung, gäller naturligtvis också dragspel oavsett typ och geografisk hemvist. Vi bor ju alla på samma jord
Plus their opinions are extremely subjective, like for example, the gypsies that they spoke of had their own style because of course they had their own culture. Duh.
This man's comment about how "Mexicans play by ear and don't read music" couldn't be more condescending. The implication of this statement is that all "Gringos" read music and don't play by ear, which is absurd at best. It's a shame how ignorant the comments of people can be. Here's another point of view: Perhaps his playing was mediocre at best and was insecure to point that he did not want to be outplayed by people who supposedly play "be ear" only.
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When I was a small kid I lived in Robstown, Texas. Altho I am a Gingo , my best friend was a Mexican boy, I loved him and his family and we both were poorer than dirt. I still remember his name, Bito . With his family I learned to love Tejano music, the Mexican people are very good musicians and have a lot of talent.
I can only remember one video where polka players from Europe listened to a recording of Mexican-Tejano music and played their rendition of it back by ear. It was such an awesome thing! Wish that guy would hear it out that way. Oh well.
the waltz that the austrians play at 6:48 sounds just like a redova estilo nuevo leon.
valerio longoria is underrated til this day
.....este señor es y sera por siempre unos de los mejores acordeonistas tejanos del mundo....
That man that was saying Mexican and German are different is right. This is South Texas Northern Mexican style of playing. It is like the French saying that Cajun and Zydeco are not French music but yet they are. He's was an old-timer who probably couldn't assimilate and was frustrated.
Get your own culture
Mexicans are not Germans hahahahah or chechz or polish
Beautiful ❤️
i thought the accordion was from germany bbut the mexicans have developed a very beautiful way and style of using it .i believe the music varies throughout mexico slightly as it is a big country overall.
If that Austrian musician had heard the music of Don Antonio Tanguma, his words had been different. Greetings from Mexico.
No doubt! Or if he was here for one minute in San Antonio he would think differently.
el fue de mi estado mexicano natal , Nuevo Léon, 100% mexicano y neolones
mi gran amigo VALERIO LONGORIA
Thanks for posting .
Thank You so much for uploading this!
ESA ES MUSICA MEXICANA PURO NORTE MONTERREY N.L.MEXICO Y ARRIBA SOTO LA MARINA TAMAULIPAS.MEXICO
Esa es musica polka y de Texas...
A Mexico llegaron como 2 alemanes y ya se cren dueños de la polka hahahahahaha
thats freakin awesome...i love learning about the history of our music...i own some european records that are polka and admire the similarities
The Austrian guy is just jealous that the Chicanos are making such awesome music. I'm not Hispanic, or even from the Southwest, but I LOVE that the Hispanic-Americans are keeping the diatonic accordion alive. Whether it's Conjunto, Vallenato, or Rock 'n Roll; the use of traditional instruments and musical styles in modern music is wonderful, and I say to hell with anyone who says otherwise!
Nobody talks to Flacco like that on my watch! Even if this was filmed before I was born, Hahaha. I credit Flacco with inspiring me to learn to play the 3-row, one of my favorite instruments; he's a legend in Conjunto music and a accordionist extraordinaire! That journalist has no idea what he's talking about.
Brandon Alan he's just a hater
Ha! The expression on that Austrian man's face when the guy starts playing the Tejano type music.
En Nuevo León se tocan polkas, shotices, redovas y hasta vallenato. Es parte del folklore norestense. No entiendo por qué siempre los gringos quieren decir que son los primeros en todo, pero más aún los descendientes de mexicanos.
Ballenato es de Colombia
Es correcto el vallenato de colombia. Polkas, redova de europa. Nunca dije que fueran de NL.
looks like their style was improved
Bn r
Interesting that the Austrian cannot hear any similarity between Austrian and Mexican accordian music. The two styles are not the same but are two streams from the same source. I can hear it. It is obvious. I think his nationalism has made him deaf.
Not the only Austrian that had a chip on their shoulder
I love this documentary - the researcher/interviewer does such a great job. I only wish he had found a few more people in Austria to talk to, to get some other opinions. I doubt that all would be so negative.
Also, I'd be interested to hear the Austrian guy try to elaborate on what he means by "playing with feeling" and why he thinks his style is so different/special.
Corrido in English?
When an Austrian uses the word "gypsy" to describe something
Sad when we lost Valerio Longoria. As the EXPRESS-NEWS put it the next day, "THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN SAN ANTONIO".
The Austrian sounds a bit Elitist/Supremacist; too bad he can't acknowledge the incredible talent from the Tejanos and Mexicans who not only adopted the accordion Music but improved it by playing it with more flavor and lots of sentimiento.
Here we go...
He's a typical classical music snob.
Classical music musicians can't stand anything that isn't super structured and require notation.
It's like a orchestra violin player hating on a country fiddle
I thought he was just explaining how the Gypsies would play a similar way and how the Austrians did not play like the Gypsies.
@@zakattack8624 and the Austrian guy probably doesn’t like music done by Gypsies, in my opinion he’s music sounds really boring but then again everyone has different taste in music
Austrian and Tejano styles are two sides of the same coin
whats the name of the song Flaco did 3:27
whats the name of the song Flaco did 5:49
@0:23 We don't play by note, we play by EAR? WTF!? I'm Tejano and my dad was a Tejano musician and many if not all of our contemporaries PLAY BY NOTE. That's just crazy... Sure, some people play by ear but Valerio Longoria, Flaco Jimenez, Parche, almost all the best damned Tejano Accordion players could READ and play by NOTE. Come on... Some don't but who cares...
Who says that playing by ear is not respectable? That just means that music comes more naturally, in my humble opinion. My guess is the old dude was trying to express that to the Mexican musician, music was more of a second nature as well as to point out the fact that there are Mexican musicians who despite a lack of professional musical upbringing play almost like experts. Not to imply that playing by ear is exclusive to the Mexican and playing by note is exclusive to the German
folkmusik är nationell och internationell på en gång. jag brukar tänka att det är som dialekter. när det gäller olika instrument så går temat igen dialekten är viktig men den är ju sprungen ur ett språk. Jag vill ge ett exemppel. Säckpipa. De ser olika ut och bestyckningen skiljer sig åt grundbas chanter ,melodi
och ändå nordisk skotsk irländsk kanadensisk, östeuropa ser lite olika ut spelas lite olika men , enligt min mening, har all folkmusikorienterad musik samma ursprung, gäller naturligtvis också dragspel oavsett typ och geografisk hemvist. Vi bor ju alla på samma jord
Plus their opinions are extremely subjective, like for example, the gypsies that they spoke of had their own style because of course they had their own culture. Duh.
It seems to me ,they cant understand why Mexican people can do it better
Get your own culture hahaha
Mexicans be like polka is native to Mexico hahahahahahaha
Wannabe cowboys wannabe gringos wannabe SPANIARDs wannabe american wannabe German polish Chech
When you hear some pawl-ish people play not polish people
Gypsy Music hahahaha
This man's comment about how "Mexicans play by ear and don't read music" couldn't be more condescending. The implication of this statement is that all "Gringos" read music and don't play by ear, which is absurd at best. It's a shame how ignorant the comments of people can be. Here's another point of view: Perhaps his playing was mediocre at best and was insecure to point that he did not want to be outplayed by people who supposedly play "be ear" only.