Bachata
The Dominican Republic's guitar music
Bachata je gitara-led populárnej hudby Dominikánskej republiky Akonáhle sa prepúšťa ako hudba chudobných na vidieku, teraz tancuje po celom svete.
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.
Významní umelci
Dominikánsky hudobník, ktorého práca priniesla Bachate širokú medzinárodnú pozornosť.
Dominikánsko-americká speváčka centrálne Bachata moderné, diaspóra-tvarované éry.
Kde býva
Otázky a odpovede
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.