Bachata
The Dominican Republic's guitar music
Ar sonerezh pobl eus ar reoliek Dominika zo Bachata gant ar gitar : romantik, sinkronaet ha sevel tro-dro d'ur linenn gitar kennasket. Ur wech disoñjet evel sonerezh ar merc'hed, bremañ emañ an dachenn a-bezh.
Origin & history
Bachata grew in the Dominican Republic through the middle of the twentieth century out of bolero and other guitar traditions of the region, long treated as disreputable by Dominican radio.
It moved into the mainstream in the later twentieth century and then internationally, carried both by Dominican artists at home and by the diaspora in New York.
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Ar sonerezh dominiken o labour hag ar bachata hag evezh a-keñver.
Ar c'hanol Dominika-Americaneg e-keñver eur diaspora diazez eus Bachata.
Pelec'h e vev.
Goulennoù ha respontoù
What is bachata?+
Bachata is the guitar-led romantic popular music of the Dominican Republic, with a distinctive syncopated lead guitar and a partner dance of the same name.
Where is bachata from?+
The Dominican Republic.
Is bachata the same as merengue?+
No. Both are Dominican, but merengue is faster and horn- or accordion-led, while bachata is slower, guitar-led and romantic in subject.