Editing Accordion (section)

===Brazil===
[[File:Dominguinhos de Morais.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Brazilian accordionist [[Dominguinhos]] (José Domingos de Morais, 1941–2013)]]
The accordion was brought to Brazil by settlers and immigrants from Europe, especially from Italy and Germany, who mainly settled in the south (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná). The first instrument brought was a "Concertina" (a 120 button chromatic accordion).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://ciadoacordeon.com.br/cia-do-acordeon-historia.html|title=Cia do Acordeon – História do Acordeon|website=ciadoacordeon.com.br|language=pt|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=23 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223030259/https://ciadoacordeon.com.br/cia-do-acordeon-historia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The instrument was popular in the 1950s, and it was common to find several accordions in the same house. There are many different configurations and tunes which were adapted from the cultures that came from Europe.

Accordion is the official symbol instrument of the Rio Grande do Sul state, where was voted by unanimity in the deputy chamber.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.al.rs.gov.br/dal/Sess%C3%A3oPlen%C3%A1ria/DetalheVotacao/tabid/5627/Default.aspx?idProjeto=6484|title=DetalheVotacao|last=Legislativo|first=Departamento de Assessoramento|website=2.al.rs.gov.br|language=pt-BR|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724223911/http://www2.al.rs.gov.br/dal/Sess%C3%A3oPlen%C3%A1ria/DetalheVotacao/tabid/5627/Default.aspx?idProjeto=6484|url-status=dead}}</ref>
During the boom of accordions there were around 65 factories in Brazil, where most of them (52) in the south, in Rio Grande do Sul state, with only 7 outside the south. One of the most famous and genuinely Brazilian brands was Accordeões Todeschini from Bento Gonçalves-RS, closed in 1973. The Todeschini accordion is very appreciated today and survives with very few maintainers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acordeom.com.br/menu/not2.php?id=1|title=noticias|website=Acordeom.com.br|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624053359/http://www.acordeom.com.br/menu/not2.php?id=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lojamanomonteiro.com.br/interna.php?cod=17770|title=Todeschini a História|website=Lojamanomonteiro.com.br|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> The most notable musicians of button accordions are [[Renato Borghetti]], Adelar Bertussi, Albino Manique and Edson Dutra.<ref name="auto"/>

Compared to many other countries, the instrument is very popular in mainstream pop music. In some parts of the country, such as the northeast it is the most popular melodic instrument. As opposed to most European folk accordions, a very dry tuning is usually used in Brazil. Outside the south, the accordion (predominantly the piano accordion) is used in almost all styles of [[Forró]] (in particular in the subgenres of [[Xote]] and [[baião (music)|Baião]]) as the principal instrument, [[Luiz Gonzaga]] (the "King of the Baião") and [[Dominguinhos]] being among the notable musicians in this style from the northeast. In this musical style the typical combination is a trio of accordion, [[Triangle (musical instrument)|triangle]] and [[zabumba]] (a type of drum).

This style has gained popularity recently, in particular among the student population of the southeast of the country (in the Forró Universitário genre, with important exponents today being Falamansa, and trios such as Trio Dona Zefa, Trio Virgulino and Trio Alvorada). Moreover, the accordion is the principal instrument in Junina music (music of the São João Festival), with Mario Zan having been a very important exponent of this music. It is an important instrument in [[Música sertaneja|Sertanejo]] (and Caipira) music, which originated in the midwest and southeast of Brazil, and subsequently has gained popularity throughout the country.