En este día hice una exposición sobre el tema de la Música Tradicional Dominicana lo cual era el segundo parcial a través de estas exposición pude conocer los diferentes géneros de música.

Dominican Traditional Music

 Dominican Republic has within its traditional music with a variety and wealth at the rhythmic, harmonic and instrumental. Instruments such as the guiro, tambora and accordion are essential elements of Dominican folk music. Some of the best-known genres are: bachata, son and merengue, which undoubtedly represent a very important part of the national identity of all Dominicans.

Bachata

Also known as bitter genre, this rate comes with popular spontaneity being the interpreters of the neighborhood. Born as a bolero String Jose Calderon being considered by some researchers as the originator of the genre in the 60s of last century. Later singers Luis Segura Rafael Encarnación and popularize permeating the popular taste.

From the 80 Luis Vargas stands out as a harmony singer giving it different from that originally has its origins in bachata. Anthony Santos subsequently with a new language is embedded in the use of the guitar and percussion.

Within the diversity of rhythms Dominican bachata position regarding the meringue has generated discussion among experts about the future and expansion of both genres, be debated the place of these musical expressions in the market, in order to achieve privileged positions in popular taste.

Son

This genre appears between 1870 and 1890 around the towns of Montecristi and Puerto Plata. There is a theory that is a hybrid between Hispanics and African elements appears to be derived from bolero, or is a native of playing rhythmic bolero or bolero with ruckus that was maintained until the twenties of the last century.

Over time, the way you play this rhythm called bolero-son, and tradition assigns its creation to Miguel Matamoros. Usually speaking of Lagrimas Negras as the first piece with this variant, this composition being made ​​in the thirties.

In 1925 he recorded the Sextet Habanero sones first. By this time in the Cibao, and especially in the province of Santiago in the Dominican Republic, and similar groups existed during this decade and beyond. Ever since the Cuban influence through the recording and distribution of their music beyond geographical boundaries, between 1930 and 1950 culminating with the spread of Cuban son in the Dominican Republic.

the Atabales.

 They are the kind of Dominican music that best represents the African rhythmic tradition. In turn offer as compensation for their multiple rhythms thematic melody and spoken of European origin. Also called candle sticks, proliferate in the Dominican Republic over fifty forms of the same in all regions.

In its pure form represent ceremonial music brought by African slaves directly influences dominates the Congo, Angola and Cameroon.

the Pambiche

For multiple authors or Pambiche apambichao merengue originated in Puerto Plata in 1917.

 Said to be a type of merengue developed during the first U.S. military occupation, between 1916 and 1924, as an imitation of the frustrated attempts of Americans for not being able to dance properly at the parties which attended frequently, creating Dominicans a dance step called merengue Yankee, accompanied by a new rhythm of drums and a song with lyrics about a factory in Palm Beach.

In reference to the city of Florida's name comes Pambiche call rate derived from the pronunciation of "Palm Beach" as a way of releasing the political humiliation suffered by the Dominicans to foreign occupation.

the Tomb

From from African, was the Dominican national dance until the mid nineteenth century, reaching popularity and widespread throughout its geography to focus on the fields of Jarabacoa, in the province of La Vega, and finally disappear.

His intricate choreography resembled the eighteenth century court dancing, where couples bowed and changes. They danced into four rows of two pairs each, placed in parallel rows women and men who are subsequently divided into four small squares mixed people, with a series of bows and changes of location, executed fourteen different figures, being at all times the passage of the women and men different.

the Merengue

Scholars estimate that the primitive merengue emerged around 1850 and was accepted from the beginning by a portion of the population while another refuses. Initially born coexisting with the tomb, displacing the latter in 1860.

The predisposition to this new ball is due to couples who danced previously separated, proceeded to "embrace", coupled with the increased movement of the hips and the proximity of the dancers.

At first string instruments such as the guitar, are used in their intonation. Later he added the piano, the guiro, and drums. In 1870 the arrival of the accordion and its incorporation into the meringue replacing the strings.

 La Sarandunga.

The Sarandunga dance for members of the brotherhood of Bani, Peravia province in, is a manifestation of religious devotion to San Juan Bautista. It is out of love and fear of this saint who year after year organizes your party. The Sarandunga or feast of festive Sarandunga is why.

They are considered generic variants of this dance three rhythms, two dances and one not dance. The dance is called "The Jacana" (live rhythm) and "Morano" which is a song that is solely for the altar of revelations salves mode.

the Mangulina

In the mid-twentieth century dominates the south of the republic. Has fast laps as the waltz but more movement and variety as the turns follow steps forward and backward.

yucca.

This dance originates from the desire to imitate the slaughter Guayar cassava to make cassava, giving the idea that couples go by anything from hand to hand as a soloist and the choir sings responds. As the dance progresses up the pace of the music and the liveliness of movement. Present in the Cibao region.