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Both genres are a fusion of European polkas (Czech and German) and Mexican rancheras that use the same instruments (the accordion, the bajo sexto and a drum kit), were developed in the same borderland region and are sung in Spanish.—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 Unlike the Mexican American big band style known as orquesta, whose large brass section Cuellar said required the large stages of cities, conjunto has only the transportable accordion and bajo sexto at its core.—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 29 May 2024
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