Bachata
The Dominican Republic's guitar music
IBachata iwumculo wesiginci othandwa kakhulu eDominican Republic — onothando, oxubeneyo futhi owakhelwe emgqeni wesiginci esihlukile. Lapho selibhekwa njengomculo wabampofu basemaphandleni, manje selidansa emhlabeni wonke.
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.
Abadwebi abaziwayo
Umculi waseDominican umsebenzi wakhe waletha ukunakekela okukhulu emhlabeni wonke kwe - bachata.
Umculi wase-Dominican-amelika ophakathi enkathini yesimanje ye-daaspora enemigqa.
Lapho ihlala khona
Lapho lemidwebo ivela khona
150 Bachata Abadwebi bangabangu - TimTim.Live, futhi 143 idolobha lazo linedolobha lomphakathi. Yilapha lapho zivela khona.
Amazwe
- i-Dominican Republic77
- United States34
- IColombia6
- Puerto Rico4
- I-Chile3
- ICuba3
- ISpain3
- i-Ecuador2
- i-Guatemala2
- i-Italy2
- i-Argentina1
- Brazil1
Amadolobha Nezindawo
- Bronx County, United States7
- The Bronx, United States7
- INew York City, United States6
- Santiago de los Caballeros (municipality), i-Dominican Republic6
- Santo Domingo, i-Dominican Republic6
- Santiago de los Caballeros (city), i-Dominican Republic5
- Santo Domingo Province, i-Dominican Republic4
- Brooklyn, United States3
- Monte Cristi Province, i-Dominican Republic3
- Espaillat Province, i-Dominican Republic2
- La Vega, i-Dominican Republic2
- Agrigento, i-Italy1
Ezinye zabadwebi
- Adriana BottinaPalmira
- Andy AguileraHavana
- AventuraBronx County
- Bachata HeightzINew York City
- Chanel TerreroHavana
- Chichí Peralta o Lewis MendozaSanto Domingo
- Daniel MonciónSantiago de los Caballeros
- Daniel SantacruzNew Jersey
- Frank ReyesTenares
- Frenesí OrquestaIColombia
- GenovevaPimentel
- It’s DynamiteNorristown
- Jalil LopezNewark
- Juan Luis GuerraSanto Domingo
- Karlos Roséi-Dominican Republic
- Leslie GraceThe Bronx
- LirowMiami
- Luys Bieni-Dominican Republic
- Prince RoyceThe Bronx
- Prophexi-Dominican Republic
- Ralphy DreamzBrooklyn
- Ramón TorresSalvaleón de Higüey
- Romeo SantosBronx County
- Rommel HunterI-Peru
Imibuzo Nezimpendulo
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.