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Originally Posted by Nammu
I grew up with accordion music. Both of my sisters played the accordion 🪗 my oldest sister also played the flute and my other sister the saxophone. Me I played the guitar! Rebel I was I did go out for band. But my family belonged to a Norwegian family social club. There was always accordion music there. For me it’s nostalgia. Here in USA you don’t hear it any more. Bagpipes I’ve never heard in person. Just on cd. I think that’s wonderful soupe!
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That's wonderful that you have such a musical family, Nammu! Accordions are definitely still played in most of Central Europe, and beyond. The first modern types were made in I believe Berlin (Germany) and Vienna (Austria). They are good instruments for playing polkas, which is the Czech national dance. Every single Czech must learn to dance the polka. Many think it is a Polish dance, but it is a Czech one, though the name "polka", in Czech, refers to a young Polish girl. The song "Škoda Lásky" (known as "Rosamund" or "Roll Out The Barrel" in the US) is a classic Czech song that's great on this instrument:
I've heard the bagpipes live many times. The sound is wonderful. About six bagpipers even played at my high school graduation. It made it special. It is (or at least was) a tradition at that school, in Pennsylvania.