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Glosario de categorías musicales
Salsa ● Merengue ●
Bachata ● Rock
● Bomba ● Cumbia ● |
Salsa
From el Son and Danzón to Mambo and Chachachá, Salsa is the end of an evolution
that encompasses a rainbow assortment of Latin Rhythms & Styles.
(Desde el son y el danzón, al mambo y el chachachá, salsa es el pináculo de una evolución que incluye/compone un arco iris de ritmos y estilos.)
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Merengue is synonymous with the Dominican Republic. Its guira, tambora and accordion create a joyous rhythm that infects the Caribbean spirit.
(Merengue es sinónimo de la República Dominicana. Con su guira, tambora y acordeón crean un ritmo alegre que contagia al espirtu caribeño.)
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Bachata
Bachata, An Antillian
"Bolero" of Dominican origin, Bachata reflects the feelings of a people and
portrays the daily life of its society.
(Bolero antillano de origen dominicano,
la bachata es un reflejo del sentir del pueblo, que expresa
lo cotidiano de su sociedad.)
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It is the most important artistic musical genre of the Atlantic coast of Colombia. Its binary rhythm is accentuated by the "tambor" and guacharaca.
(Es uno de los géneros musicales más importantes y artísticos de la costa atlántica Colombiana. Su ritmos binario es acentuado por el tambor y la guacharaca.)
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Mexicana/Norteña
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The Norteño musicians of Los Tigres del Norte don't shy away from writing controversial songs. Their albums are increasingly outspoken about issues that affect the residents along the Mexican-American border. And yet, it's hard to reconcile the somber topics Los Tigres del Norte address with the buoyant style of their music. Here’s more from Public Radio International’s The World. Here’s some Norteno music with a techno twist: Nortec Collective, a group of 5 young musicians from Tijuana who perform a breed of music they call "nortec." To say though that Nortec is Mexican electronica is too simplistic. And the music is anything but simple. |
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A distinctively African-rooted music and dance form of Puerto Rico.
(Es una forma típica de música y baile de Puerto Rico que tiene raíces claramente africanas.)
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Reggaetón has been brewing underground in barrio house parties since the early 1990's, when the style trickled over from Panama. This musical craze is a testosterone-driven style that mixes hip-hop, Jamaican dancehall reggae and such Carribbean rhythms as bachata, merengue and salsa.
Según algunos expertos en música latina y en informaciones en Internet el reggaetón surgió desde lo profundo del underground de algunas discotecas caribeñas para finalmente tomar forma y auge en Puerto Rico. Se argumenta también que surgió por influencias del rap en español que comenzó en los años 80 y 90 en Panamá con (el rapero) llamado "El General".
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Marco Werman, Senior Producer with Public Radio International’s The World, a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe, recently spoke with two members of Reggaetón Niños. You can hear the interview, read its transcript, and dig some of their music at this link! |
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The mambo demonstrates a large musical fusion and evolution. It brings together European ballroom music, Afro-Cuban music and in its most modern variant, Jazz. It don't mean a thing, "if it ain't got that swing" do-wah, do-wah, do-wahhhh"!
(El mambo ha tenido un largo proceso de fusión y evolución musical. El mismo reune música bailable europea, música Afro-Cubana y en su forma más moderna, jazz.)
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A musical genre that conveys a great romanticism through its passionate lyrics and music. The amorous serenades are accompanied by guitars culminating in a beautiful expression of desire thru song.
(Género musical que converge un gran romanticismo y pasion a través de sus letras y música. La amorosas serenatas van acompañadas de guítarras, culminando en una bella expresión del deseo.)
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Considered the root of today's salsa , son is the predominant musical force in Cuban song and dance.
(Considerado la raíz de la salsa, el son es la fuerza desencadenante de la canción y el baile cubano.)
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Latin Rock
In today's Latin rock scene, guitar and keyboard solos are played over tropical rhythms. Some bands have incorporated Latin American folkloric instruments and sounds.
En la escena del rock en español, la guitarra y los teclados eléctricos se tocan siguiendo ritmos tropicales. Algunos grupos han incorporado instrumentos y sonidos del folklore Latinoamericano.
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When Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians began immigrating to the United States, they set the stage for a massive exchange of ideas with African-American jazz musicians of the time, leading up to the birth of a new genre, Latin Jazz.
(Al trasladarse a los Estados Unidos, músicos cubanos y puertorriqueños abrieron puertas para un extenso intercambio de ideas con músicos afroamericanos de jazz de su época que resultó en el nacimiento de un nuevo género, el jazz latino.)
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Rumba is filled with many African elements. It is a music form rich in percussion and vocals yet brilliantly melodic.
(La rumba tiene muchos elementos africanos. Es una música muy rica en percusión y canto mientras goza de brillantez melódica.)
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