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Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It contains elements of European (mainly Spanish music ), indigenous Taino and African musical elements, representing the cultural diversity of the Dominican population. [ 1 ]
Bachata originates from bolero and son (and later, from the mid-1980s, merengue). The original term used to name the genre was amargue ("bitterness", "bitter music"), until the mood-neutral term bachata became popular. The form of dance, bachata, also developed with the music. [2] Bachata arose in the poor and working class areas of the country.
Bachata is a guitar-based genre that originated in the Dominican countryside and developed into a music style in urban Santo Domingo's shantytowns in the 1960s. The term bachata originally referred to informal gatherings in backyards. [4]
Although in the past this dance was danced exclusively to bachata music, it has recently been danced to tango music as well. Even though bachatango is unheard of in the Dominican Republic, bachata's country of origin, the dance enjoyed a period of popularity among foreign dance instructors outside the Caribbean.
Traditional bachata is a subgenre of Bachata music genre. It refers to the acoustic style of bachata that was popular in the Dominican Republic from the 1960s until about 1990. For most of that period, bachata was performed with two nylon string guitars (often with fishing line for string), an acoustic upright bass or marimbula, maracas, and ...
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Bachata may refer to: Bachata (music), a musical genre which originated in the Dominican Republic. Traditional bachata, a subgenre of bachata music; Bachata (dance), a dance form; Bachatón, a hybrid bachata/reggaeton music style "Bachata" (song), a song by Lou Bega "La Bachata", a song by Manuel Turizo; Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican ...
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