Editing Tejano music (section)

==Development==
[[File:Elida_Reyna.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Elida Reyna]]]]
[[File:Bobby23.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bobby Pulido]] at The Laredo Coliseum in 2016]]
[[File:MichaelSalgado.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Michael Salgado]]]]

Tejano music was born in Texas. Although it has influences from Mexico and other Latin American countries, the main influences are American. The types of music that make up Tejano are [[folk music]], [[Americana (music)|roots music]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], soul music, blues, country music and the Latin influences of [[Norteño (music)|norteño]], [[mariachi]], and [[Mexican cumbia]]. Tejano musicians such as [[Emilio Navaira|Emilio]] and Raulito Navaira, [[David Lee Garza]], and [[Jay Perez]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p40889|pure_url=yes}} |title=Jay Perez biography | access-date=12 September 2008 |last=DeLeon |first=John |work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> exhibit influence from rock and roots music.

Tejano has various categories of music and bands. Three major categories are conjunto, orchestra/orquesta, and modern. A conjunto band is composed of [[accordion]], [[bajo sexto]], [[electric bass]], and [[drums]]. Examples of conjunto bands are [[Esteban "Steve" Jordan]],<ref>{{cite web|last=CORCORAN|first=Michael|title=Steve 'Esteban' Jordan gave the accordion a new sound|publisher=Austin 360|date=August 14, 2010|url=http://www.austin360.com/music/steve-esteban-jordan-gave-the-accordion-a-new-859946.html| access-date=2010-08-20}}</ref> and [[Hometown Boys (Tejano band)|The Hometown Boys]]. An orchestra/orquesta consists of bass, drums, [[electric guitar]], [[synthesizer]], and a [[brass section]] on which it relies heavily for its sound.  Some examples of Modern bands are Ruben Ramos and the Texas Revolution, The Liberty Band, The Latin Breed, [[La Mafia]], [[Selena Quintanilla]], La Sombra, [[Elida Reyna]] y Avante, [[Los Palominos]], [[David Lee Garza y Los Musicales]], [[Shelly Lares]], [[Jay Perez]], and [[Mazz]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Tom |title=Jimmy Gonzalez, Tejano artist with Brownsville's Grupo Mazz, dead at 67 |url=http://abc13.com/entertainment/tejano-artist-jimmy-gonzalez-of-grupo-mazz-has-died/3569889/ |website=ABC13 |date=6 June 2018 | accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>

Mexican influence on Tejano music has resulted in a sound increasingly more like [[Norteño (music)|Norteño]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/realidades-mw0002741060/releases |title=Realidades – Los Tigres del Norte &#124; Releases |publisher=AllMusic | access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author= Yezmin Villarreal |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/03/21/los-tigres-del-norte-are-making-gay-norte-o-history |title=Los Tigres del Norte Are Making Gay Norteño History |date=21 March 2015 |publisher=Advocate.com | access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref> The accordion, while a historically popular instrument in Tejano music, has gone from a secondary instrument to a must-have instrument. Today, groups like [[Sunny Sauceda]], Eddie Gonzalez, and [[La Tropa F]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Gonzalez |first= Debra |title= Missions Club brings Tejano group to Waco |newspaper= [[The Baylor Lariat]] |url= http://baylorlariat.com/2012/08/29/missions-club-brings-tejano-group-to-waco/ | accessdate= 9 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Ayala |first= Elaine |title= La Tropa F's ultimate fan Teresia Farias dies at 75 |newspaper= [[San Antonio Express-News]] |url= https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/La-Tropa-F-s-ultimate-fan-Teresia-Farias-dies-at-847623.php | accessdate= 9 May 2018}}</ref> emphasize the accordion.