Bachata
The Dominican Republic's guitar music
Bachata ta e música popular di República Dominikana cu nan ta usa i cu ta ser trahá rond di un liña distintivo pa guia hende. Una bes cu e ta ser kitá como música dje pobernan den cunucu, awor e ta grabá rond mundu.
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.
artistanan Cu No Ta Interesá
E músiko uní ku nan trabou a trese hopi atenshon internashonal.
Den e era moderno i moderno di Asporaván ta forma e base pa e era moderno di kinata.
Kaminda e ta biba
Pregunta & Contesta
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.