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Bachata, a form of music and dance that originated in the countryside and rural marginal neighborhoods of Dominican Republic. Its subjects are often romantic; especially prevalent are tales of heartbreak and sadness. In fact, the original term used to name the genre was "amargue" ("bitterness," or "bitter music"), until the rather ambiguous (and mood-neutral) term bachata became popular. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Bachata was created and primarily used by servants, who used to play it when they got off of work. They made the music out of ordinary objects like those commonly found in a backyard (Trashcans, Fences,etc). In some rural areas of the Dominican Republic, bachata means trash, but most citizens agree that it means a party. Others say that bachata is derived from the Italian Ballata, which was a popular form of music in Italy centuries ago. The ballata (plural: ballate) is an Italian poetic and musical form which was in use from the late 13th to the 15th century. ... Bachata grew out of - and is still closely related to - the pan Latin-American romantic style called bolero. Over time, it has been influenced by merengue - a fast paced danceable music also native to the Dominican Republic - and by a variety of Latin American guitar styles. The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ... Merengue is a type of lively, joyful music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... The music itself is played in 4/4. The most recognizable aspect of bachata instrumentation is the use of an amplified guitar (either electric or acoustic) whose sound has been doctored with a flanger, reverb, echo, or a combination of the three. The use of arpeggiated chords as the basis for the melody is almost standard. An additional guitar, called the 'segunda' or rhythm guitar is usually mixed at a lower volume, and provides syncopation. An electric bass guitar and güira help anchor the rhythm - with the güira sounding a bit like a high-hat (in pre 1990s bachata, maracas were played instead of güira). The use of the bongo drum further solidifies the basic beat, and provides and percussive accents in transition points - for instance right before a chorus. The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational device used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each bar and which note value (minim, crotchet, eighth note and so on) constitutes one beat. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Flanging is a time-based audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 ms (milliseconds). ... This article is about audio effect. ... In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound, arriving at the listener some time after the direct sound. ... Various arpeggios as seen on a staff Notation of a chord in arpeggio In music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the notes are played or sung in succession rather than simultaneously. ... In music, syncopation is when a stressing of a normally unstressed beat in a bar or failure to sound a tone on an accented beat occurs. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping,popping or using a pick. ... A güira [] is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic that sounds like a maraca but in fact is a sheet of metal-- in practice, often from a five gallon oil can-- evenly perforated with a nail, shaped into a cylinder, and played with a stiff brush, similar to... Bongos being played Bongos are a percussion instrument. ... In music, an accent is an emphasis on a particular note created by length, as in an agogic accent, pitch, as in a pitch accent, and dynamics, such as dynamic accents. ... Contents 1 History 2 Dance 3 Notes 4 References 5 Films 6 See also 7 External links [edit] History Derived from the Latin American tradition of guitar music, and originally named for the crude bars and clubs where guitarists and singers would perform, bachata emerged in the 1960s. According to a documentary,[1] the Beatles cover of Till There Was You (first performed in 1963) helped inspire the genre. Even though some set the origins of Bachata to the early 60s, Bachata-like guitar music was played in the brothels of the El Salvador for long before that. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... As popular radio filled the air waves with merengue and salsa, bachata musicians and their sponsors were forced to develop a a grass-roots system of producing and distributing their music. As with most styles of Latin American music, bachata is predominantly performed by male singers. Some of the important early bachateros are José Manuel Calderón (musician), Brian Donohue, Eladio Romero Santos, Edilio Paredes, Luis Segura, Ramon Cordero, and Rafael Encarnación. Merengue is a type of lively, joyful music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos. ... José Manuel Calderón is considered the first Dominican musician to record bachata, with “Borracho de amor and condena”, in 1962 at the Radiotelevisión Dominicana studios. ... Originally from Zenobí, outside of San Francisco de Macorís, Eladio Romero Santos’ career spans over forty years, having started recording bachata at the same time as José Manuel Calderón and Cuco Valoy. ... Originally from the small country town of La Galana, near San Francisco de Macoris, Edilio Paredes is one of the most influential figures in the development of the Dominican music tradition of bachata. ... Luis Segura is a Dominican-born singer known as The Father of the Bachata. ... The bachata played today uses electric guitar and has phrasing which is more rhythmic and groove-like than in earlier styles. The evolution to electric has perhaps helped make bachata more accessible. Some associate Juan Luis Guerra's Grammy winning 1992 release, Bachata Rosa, with bachata's rise in legitimacy and international recognition. Others argue that Guerra had very little to do with bachata's rise, and that, although he used the word 'bachata' in an album title, he never actually even recorded a song in the bachata style. Juan Luis Guerra (born June 7, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is one of the most internationally recognized Dominican singer/songwriters. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... At present 2006, the Dominican group Aventura is probably the best known bachata group worldwide with its single "Obsesion" having dominated for a long time radio play both in Latin America, US Latino markets, and countries as distant as Italy and Sweden. While he is superseded in the international audience by Aventura, for the Dominican audience, the most popular of the modern bachateros have been Antony Santos & Luis Vargas . Other artists of note include Raulin Rodriguez, Zacarias Ferreira, Frank Reyes, Monchy y Alexandra, Domenic Marte, Xtreme, Andy Andy,Elvis Martinez, Leonardo Paniagua, Los Toros Band, and Joe Veras. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aventura is a Dominican-American Bachata-R&B music group based in New York City. ... Aventura is a Bachata-R&B music group from New York City. ... There is also a Anthony Romeo Santos of Aventura. ... Luis Vargas is one of the Dominican Republics most popular bachata musicians. ... Raulin Rodriguez, born in the Dominican Republic in 1970, is one of the major bachata artists. ... Zacarias Ferreira is a Bachata artist from the Dominican Republic. ... This guy is extremely homosexual. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Andy Andy (born Angel Villalona in Azua de Compostela) is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. ... [edit] Dance The basic footwork is a series of simple steps that produce a back and forth or sideways motion. A schematic footwork would be as follows: starting with the right foot make a chasse to the right on counts 1,2,3. On 4, touch the left toe beside your right foot (alternatively, tapping the left toe in place, i.e., apart from the right foot, make an upwards jerk with the left hip). Then do the same from your left foot. The character of the dance is achieved through sensual hip and body movements. Chasse or chassé is a dance step used in many dances in many variants, all of them being three-step patterns of gliding character, steps going basically step-together-step. ... See also: Video clips with instructions on how to dance bachata and examples of people dancing [edit] Notes ^ Bachata: Music of the People. Giovanni Savino. 2003. [edit] References Manuel, Peter (2006). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae (2nd edition). Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1-59213-463-7.  Deborah Pacini Hernandez (1994). Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music. Temple University Press. ISBN 1-56639-300-0.  David Wayne (2006). Juan Luis Guerra: Balada not Bachata. IASO Records. Alex Wolfe (2007). Santo Domingo Blues. Mambo Media. [edit] Films 2003 - Bachata: Music of the People. Directed by Giovanni Savino. [edit] See also Nueva bachata Nueva bachata is a musical movement in the Dominican Republic which combines bachata-style melodies and song subjects with reggaeton-style beats, rapping, and disc jockeying. ... [edit] External links Comprehensive history of bachata with music and video clips Live Bachata & Merengue music Stream / Musica Domincana, en Viva Categories: Bachata | Latin American folk dances | Latin dances | Music genres | Music of the Dominican Republic

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	Bachata (649 words) In the early 1980s a few bachata musicians, especially those whose music was of the more romantic variety, made an effort to distance themselves from the negative images associated with the term bachata by coming up with a new name. First of all, the term bachata provided Dominicans with an appealing continuity between the traditional informal family and neighborhood parties of the same name ande the musical genre that grew out of them; the newer term amargue, on the other hand, had no such historical resonances and evoked an unhappy state of mind. Bachata is a form of music and dance that originated in the countryside and rural marginal neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic. History of bachata (740 words) Bachata musicians, however, also drew upon other genres of música de guitarra that accomplished guitarists would be familiar with, including Mexican rancheros and corridos, Cuban son, guaracha and guajira, Puerto Rican plena and jibaro music, and the Colombian-Ecuadorian vals campesino and pasillo- as well as the Dominican merengue, which was originally guitar-based. The "bachata" is a center of attraction for all the men, where the social classes ao those who attend them are leveled and where the coarsest and libertarian forms of democracy predominate. As bachata's popularity with the country's poorest citizens grew, the term bachata, which earlier had suggested rural backwardness and low social status, became loaded with a more complicated set of socially unacceptable features that included illicit sex, violence, heavy alcohol use, and disreputable social contexts such as seedy bars and brothels.
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