What would have happened if . . .

 

Elvis Presley had played the accordion instead of the guitar?

Accordions were included in marching bands?

More women than men played the accordion?

People's first exposure to the accordion had been a lullaby instead of a polka?

All accordionists knew and correctly performed the difference between pp and ff?

Jimmy Stewart had continued to play the accordion instead of becoming a famous actor?

Accordions were manufactured only in black and white?

All accordionists were fluent music readers?

There was a chamber group called accordion quartet (accordion plus violin, viola and 'cello)?

More accordionists concentrated on musicianship instead of technique?

One could earn a college degree at a conservatory in accordion performance?

Kurt Weill were as well known as Johannes Brahms?

Accordionists didn't wear ethnic or exotic clothes when performing?

Lawrence Welk had not played the accordion?

There were more original compositions for accordion than transcriptions and arrangements?

Accordionists played as many slow songs as they do fast ones?

All musicians could play by ear as well as accordionists can?

Accordionists were in as many jazz ensembles as are saxophonists?

 

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