Creole music

Creole music of Louisiana
Cedric Watson playing a diatonic button accordion
Native name	Musique créole
Stylistic origins	Music of West Africa French folk music Acadian music Music of Haiti Music of Spain Old-time music Blues
Cultural origins	18th – 19th centuries, Louisiana
Typical instruments	Vocals fiddle rubboard Triangle accordion guitar
Subgenres
Juré la la zydeco art song

The term Creole music (French: musique créole) is used to refer to two distinct musical traditions: art songs adapted from 19th-century vernacular music; or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have persisted as 20th- and 21st-century la la and zydeco in addition to influencing Cajun music.