Behind the Seductive Rhythm of Bachata (Feat.
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- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2019
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We visited the Mexican-American band La Santa Cecilia to learn how they mix latin genres with pop and rock. They told us about a Dominican style rhythm called Bachata that provides the rhythm for their new single Winning.
Bachata music comes from the Dominican Republic in the 1960's but thanks to newer acts like Romeo Santos and Aventura, has blown up internationally. Join Nahre in learning about this distinctly latin rhythm as she attempts to create her own bachata fusion song.
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The history portion at 2:35 is only 5 minutes long. I have a belly full of rum, my face is tear stained, and I've texted three of my exes. What is happening?!
This is my favorite comment on this channel.
@@SoundFieldPBS Thank you so much. You are one of my favorite channels on RUclips! I am always here for this Nahre - L.A. - PBS Digital energy.
I've been laughing (with you) for like 5 minutes steady about your comment, drinking, and thinking fondly of bachata dances that went well, and not so fondly of those that I thought I had forgotten.
@@SoundFieldPBS You put one of my favorite songs on this video, and one of my favorite artists as well, including “Estoy aquí pero no soy yo”, “Con el amor no se juega”, “Las Estrellas Brillarán”, and “Muero contigo”!!
“Poverty, crime, and sensuality.”
The roots of all great musical styles.
😭
So true 💀
You got all wrong bobo..
Love control rhythm
Nahre has a fever and the only cure is EXPLORING GENRES OF MUSIC
omg i just spit on accident
😂❤🎼🎧🙋
Let me just give you props for the pronunciation it was 98% perfect!
I feel like listening to music in a language i don't know is a totally different experience, since i don't understand the lyrics i only pay attention to the emotion in the music. Shows how much of a universal language it is
You won't want to read the lyrics lol especially Romeo's xD
As a Dominican who's been following Nahre since her early RUclips days, it absolutely made my day to hear her talking about the music I grew up with. I started watching Nahre's video for insight into classical composers so it's wild that I'm learning music theory about Bachata from her now.
Thank you for the comment!! And for tuning into the videos -- it means a lot to me. I've only familiarized myself with the surface level analysis here... I'd be curious to one day visit the Dominican Republic and experience the music properly :)
You are more than welcome to stay at my place. BOCA CHICA
That's how I felt when they brought voguing and Mike Q up. 🖤
@@NahreSol Thanks so much for everything you do! I'm just a guy who likes all sorts of music and recently started learning piano and music theory as an adult; I can't put into words how helpful and inspiring your videos have been for those endeavors. I live in NYC and haven't been back to the DR in a few years, but I miss it - hope you get the chance to visit someday!
@@NahreSol that would be great, after relaxing yourself I recommend you to go to the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, they'll guide you in the direction of many dominican music traditions. Love you and your channel ❤
I’m from the Dominican Republic and I did not expect you to talk about bachata! Thank you!
And to cover it so well! I'm happy
As a Dominican, still living in the island and still dancing bachata with every chance I get, I was really stoked when I saw the thumbnail! Thanks for the little crash course on this beautiful genre. Perfect way to start my christmas.
Also props on the pronounciation, sounds super good!
Here are some great bachata artists:
- Aventura
- Juan Luis Guerra
- Xtreme
- Romeo Santos
- Prince Royce
- Dani J
- Miggy Miz
- Anthony Santos
- Kewin Cosmos
- Group Extra
- Jalil Lopez
- Toby Love
- Hector Acosta
- Johnny Sky
- DJ John Moon
- DJ Soltrix
And don't forget:
- Luis Vargas
- Teodoro Reyes
- Zacarias Ferreira
- Joe Veras
- Raulin Rodriguez
- El Chaval
- Monchy & Alexandra
- Kiko Rodriguez
- Yoskar Sarante
- Elvis Martinez
- Frank Reyes
- Alex Bueno
- Luis Miguel del Amargue
- Joan Soriano
- Bori
- Carlos Y Alejandra
- Leslie Grace (some songs)
Don’t forget Jr, Pinto Picasso, Daniel Santacruz and Cosimo as great contemporaries.
Thank you for providing an accurate list of our Bachata artists.
I´m Dominican and I swear I got goosbomps when you showed a little bit of the original bachata, I´m really honored to see you guys talking about Bachata! since it was declared Human Patromony now it belongs to all of us!
One small detail! modern bachata typically doesn´t use electric guitar, instead they use electric guitar with a pickup!
thanks!! as a Dominican I learned so much new stuff about the origins of bachata
I love how this channel highlights musical styles and genres from all over the world. I'm endlessly delighted and fascinated by the unique traditions that have developed everywhere.
I'd love to see you guys do some more episodes about heavier genres, too. There are so many different styles of metal to explore, and there are amazing local scenes all over the place. Anywhere you can find angry young folks you can find a metal scene. Of course, there is so much more to metal than just anger, too!
One note while I'm here: I loved the visuals you used to show the rhythms and patterns, but it would be nice if you could somehow visualize what you are trying to exemplify in the samples as well. Especially if you aren't musically trained, it can be difficult to pick out exactly which part of a 5 second sample you are supposed to be listening to. There's a lot going on in these Bachata songs!
Anyway, love the channel, keep up the great work everyone!
Thanks for putting a name and a formalization to this sound for me.
You're welcome Max! Thanks for watching with us.
Isn’t it the best feeling when you get a name for something you’ve known about?
@@JBB685 It's like hearing a the original track that a song you know sampled.
Some bachateros include
Anthony santos
Luis vargas
Raulin Rodriguez
Juan luis guerra
Frank reyes
Monchy y Alexandra
Teodoro Reyes
Zacarias ferreira
Joe veras
Yoskar sarante
Luis segura
Brasil loves Bachata!
Rafael Encarnación was one of my mother’s favorite artist. This made me tear up. I used to listen to his music with her while she would tell me stories about growing up during the Trujillo dictatorship and during the revolution after his death. My mom was a die hard music fanatic of all genres. R.I.P madre mía. Great video, thank you 🙏
I feel like every musician's wish is to be blessed with this kind of music (Latin/Spanish). Dominican Republic is a beautiful country! 😁
DR needs to be known for something and it might as well be bachata. Thanks for an interesting video about a music genre I've never heard of.
You have unique insights, touch on roots of salsa and kizomba
One thing I love about music is that you never really stop learning. This is a style I've never heard about with an amazing story and tons of original artists. I can't wait to check it out
This is awesome! It would be great to see a video on Colombian Cumbia!
Shout out Nahre for top notch pronunciation!
Nahre is a very talented speaker and teacher! Our writer Benjamin de Menil was also amazing. Helped us out with the history and music theory, as well as the pronunciation. A true expert.
Love the representation in these episodes! Thank you Nahre.
What a fascinating form and sound! I've never heard of this at all, so this was a real eye opener (ear opener?) for me. I don't know quite how I managed to grow up in west Texas without learning at least SOME of the Spanish and Mexican music traditions...well, maybe it was all the heavy metal! Hah!
This is a whole new genre for me, and I am very grateful for all the names you mentioned, as well as the names in comments, because I got a LOT of listening to do!
I suggest getting into the dance as well, it's what the music is meant for! And it's fun.
awesome video! I wish you would've given Juan Luis Guerra a mention of his own, being one of the exponents of highest quality bachata in the country.
Yes you're right Juan Luis Guerra is amazing! I'm glad La Santa Cecilia cited him as an inspiration.
With all due respect, JLG is an amazing artist but I don't think he deserves that much space on a video about bachata. He is a Dominican treasure. He is a Latin super star. He put out one great bachata album. He is not a bachatero.
Never even heard of it, and it sells out stadiums! Woaw, thats amazing! Thanks sound field ❤️
Yeah it's huge! The people need to know
Romeo Santos is world famous and can get the same amount of people in a station in New York City as much as Beyoncé! He is huge in NY!
Latinxamerica loves bachata. Aventura recently sold out their shows like five times over.
This makes me so happy! I love this channel and watching you guys talk about something I grew up with just makes me love you even more!!! Thank you so much
This is such a beautiful series. I love how you celebrate different cultures and traditions. It's so cool to get little windows into different styles and also see how elements from them have influenced the music I listen to
Fantastic breakdown as always! The only other defining element of bachata I'd add, which you touched on a bit, is that chorus-toned lead guitar. Like that chorus tone is so integral to pretty much every kind of bachata at this point.
So awesome to see you cover such an important genre for my people. Love learning more about too since even being Dominican I didnt know a bunch of this history. Glad you mentioned the dancing and Antony Santos 😁
Love these videos, keep it up!
This was a great informative VideoooO. Thank youuuU ❤️💯😍
Greetings nahre ❤ from dominican republic🇩🇴🇩🇴
Hello!!! 🙋
thank you for making this video!! you put a name to a sound i used to hear alot growing up from the music my grandma's and dad's side of the family listened to a lot
Wow, that was a fantastic presentation, thank you!! I can now explain in an articulate way why I’m in love with Bachata!
Thanks for exploring so many different genres!! keep it up!
It's so fun to explore new worlds and sounds. Thanks for doing it wish us Mariano!
Thank you for the great video.
5:57 Wait…so is the piano riff Coldplay's "Clocks" just an upside-down bachata riff?
So funny you mention clocks, because there is a bachata version of it and it blends so well! Now I understand why! It’s one of my favorite bachata remixes.
Nahre is actually just a greater teacher and speaker, 😍 thank you Nahre
Props for not butchering the Spanish words!
Amazing work! wow! yep, this is bachata!
This is a great explanation of the Bachata music. Great work
I love bachata because it sounds romantic and I can actually dance to it without looking goofy. That and merengue.
As a Dominican... I was very excited for this episode. Great video!
yo, cutting right to the core of me with that chiptune pull. awesome video, Nahre, and the Sound Field crew.
Your channel always gives me insight on the genres I’m playing. I appreciate it a lot
I want a whole album of chiptune bachata!
I hear this type of music all the time at one of my favorite restaurants. It's such a nice genre.
I grew up listening to Bachata with my latinx friends growing up and now I am so glad to learn more of its history and roots!!! Yall killed it on this episode as per usual, been waiting for this one patiently and it was worth the wait as always! It is so great how you guys covered this culture of the past and where it is now and headed! Like how much more could you ask for to like cover it all? And spot on pronunciations and killer Bachachiptune (new genre? lol) song Nahre!!! I forget if this is the last video of the year for yall but if it is, Happy Holidays and can't wait to see what yall bring in 2020!!!! And congrats on 100k subs before the years end!!!! I knew yall would make it
Congratulations for reaching 100k guys 🎉🎉
Awesome
You honestly did your homework. Thanks for showing the music of my country with actual facts.
I used to get made fun for having bachata and other Dominican music on my iPod in high school (around 2007) and now so many make bachata songs... lol
Loved this! You should do a video on salsa!
I like these ones where I get to learn about a type of music I've never heard before.
Bachata has always reminded by of Blues, in many regards. The simplicity, the raw feeling, the lowly history, the subject matter, it being guitar driven, demonized in his origins, etc.
Thank you for this...now I feel like dancing and crying at the same time.
Aaaah so glad to see some latin american music too!!!! I'm from Argentina but even over here it's common to hear some bachata tunes at parties. I know my aunt loves it, too. :) It was great getting to know more of it!!
Also, wow, I loved that 8bit bachata song!!! :o
Jeez! Never heard of it in Brazil as a musician, tho we have several music that are the same.
Great content!
When your music theorist crush does dissects favorite music genre❤️🔥☺️
Great vid!
My Spanish teacher in highschool used to always put this band on during class.
Happy 100.000 subscribers! Just saw it was exactly 100K but probably not now.
Congrats on 100K!
Great now I know about Bachata
One year back if anyone said to me "I'll explain music" I would ask them to pick up the marbles they lost!
And now I have watched a series of episodes doing just that. And I'm waiting for more. Good job Nahre & LA!
HOY SE BEEEEEBE 😎😄🎶
Very interesting
Chiptune Bachata! Awesome!
So incredibly creative
Nice review.😎
More bachata please!!!!!
Lol the chiptune interpretation is great 👍 I was looking for a good explanation of the bachata beat, thanks. Now do Merengue
Wow that early bachata sounded incredible to me, but I guess it be considered similar to bolero could be part of that. Bachata is eminently danceable too, even to someone like me who doesn't who usually doesn't dance.
Pleaseeeeeee make a video about Cumbia!!!!! Great work
Awesome, please do another one on salsa, son y mambo next! :D
When you combined bachata with video game sounds it was like you combined two very distincts parts of my childhood and I'm shook
Few days late but I'm here guys
I'm Dominican-American and while it was wonderful to hear about my people's music, I really would've appreciated hearing Dominicans and Dominican-Americans talk about it. It's not just that the upper class didn't like it, it's that the mostly white/mestizo upper class didn't like Black music (this is also true for other genres like reggaeton).
These same white/mestizo want to claim Afro latin music now. smh
Also word of advice don’t dare put mestizo & white in the same sentence acting as if we are not Indigenous because we are Indigenous.
Sincerely a “Mestizo”.
I mean Im not surprise someone who watches PBS is making it about race! I’m not saying DR doesn’t have a colorism problem just like black communities in the states, but this has nothing to do with pigmentation of one’s color. I have family who are white looking like yourself and I have “black” looking aunts grandparents and cousins who are better off then those of lighter complexion. It’s more of a classism. The ones who created Bachata culture were poor “white” “black” and everything in between (bongo drums from African Cubans , guitar from Spain and guira that evolved from the Taino instrument guiro) and from the rural areas of Dominican Republic.
bachata is basically COUNTRY MUSIC💯✅💕 made in the caribbean..
They talk about the same.. but more about taboo love and get drunk to party🇩🇴
You guys GOTTA do a Regional Mexican video now. I’d love to see what you guys do with that
Your deconstructions are on the order of the LEGO Death Star and just as pleasing to contemplate.
i think this is a good compliment? jajaja
Wow guys. This was an unexpected video from Sound Field. I love how eclectic you are :) Something I really like about bachata (not being a fan of the genre) is the guitar! It is almost like a second voice that intertwined with the singer voice. Thank you Sound Field as always for you amazing job!
Very enjoed. I play piani and dance bachata. and when i found this video, I was about to explose because of pleasure ))) it would be very very usefull!!)
Nahre, have you ever danced to Bachata? You might like it. It's the best way to fully understand/appreciate it.
this is so interesting to hear the vintage bachata - because it shares similaries with Calypso
(I'm from Trinidad) and we have a bustling scene of Soca music and have made something called CDM or Caribbean Dance Music // best seen by the likes of JUS NOW or JILLIONAIRE of Major Lazer.
PS Love your series!
Aventura will forever be the best bachata artists on this planet
Can you do an episode for Bjork please? That would be really interesting and I really wanna know what Nahre thinks of her 'cause of how she fuses classical music with... a ton of other genres lol Just found your channel and I'm loving it!!
OK, I'll subscribe. Fantastic. Please add a link to a midi score or 1/16 drum layout so we can really learn it. Thank you.
I'm Dominican, and I was happy to see this topic on your channel. But it was a little disappointing not to hear from any Dominicans or Dominican artists, especially since you were in New York. I certainly don't mind hearing from La Santa Cecilia or other talented artists who are inspired by our culture, it just would have been special to hear from someone who lived it.
Man, it's always interesting to learn about deeply-rooted traditional music of foreign cultures. Keep it up!
Bachata is a genre of Latin American music that originated in the Dominican Republic around the first half of the 20th century. It is a fusion of influences of bolero and son, with indigenous Taino and African elements, representative of the cultural diversity of the Dominican people.
It's black dominican music
@@MrSivram28 👈😁😅😭😀😂
Then whats white Dominican music.
Dominican are of mix ethnicity
Native taino - African - european
@@neldadon not all Dominicans are mixed
@@MrSivram28
🇩🇴I am and all my family.
@@MrSivram28
What are you ?
Eiiiii my country:D
HIKARII Music viva quisquilla!
Chiptune bachata... Never expected to hear something like that
Another great episode, but I gotta ask: where's L.A.? FWIW, I do think that the "tag team" style where Nahre and L.A. alternately present facts about the style you're discussing works well (even if the content is basically the same when Nahre does it all).
Thanks Forrest! We missed LA on this one. He'll be in our next episode though!
Yeah, the tag team is part of what makes SF so good.
I'd love to see this kind of video about Soukous music.
Hi Nahre! You guys should totally explore Cumbias! They’re songs that is of the most popular genres in all Latin America. More people dance Cumbia than Bachata! If anything totally check Cumbia music out; it’s really fun.
Do one on Haiti kompa or konpa mizik
omg my dominican ass about to cry watching this
Thank you for mentioning Bolero. I wished we kept Abuela’s records. 😔
This is a great video! But I'm wondering where the other dude went?
Do an episode on reggae