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Merengues are fast arrangements with a 2. 4 beat. The traditional instrumentation for a conjunto típico (traditional band), the usual performing group of folk merengue, is a diatonic accordion, a two–sided drum, called a tambora, held on the lap, and a güira. A güira is a percussion instrument that sounds like a maraca.
1998–2002. Succeeded by. Roberto Salcedo Sr. Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano (8 March 1940 – 28 July 2021), better known as Johnny Ventura nicknamed El Caballo Mayor, [ 2] was a Dominican singer and band leader of merengue and salsa. In 2004, he received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue/Bachata Album for his album Sin Desperdicio; also ...
Sonora Santanera is an orchestra playing tropical music from Mexico with over 60 years of history. Modeled after an earlier Cuban band called Sonora Matancera, the Sonora Santanera was founded in 1955 by Carlos Colorado in the state of Tabasco, and went on to find enormous success during the 1960s. In 1960, comic actor Jesús “Palillo ...
Merengue típico (also known as merengue cibaeño or colloquially as perico ripiao) is a musical genre of the Dominican Republic, and the oldest style of merengue. Merengue típico is the term preferred by most musicians as it is more respectful and emphasizes the music's traditional nature. The Instruments that are used are the accordion, bass ...
Elisa Rego started her career in music as a singer in various nightspots in Caracas. She was the lead singer in the underground rock group ES-3, a band composed of: Gerardo Ubieda on drums and electronic percussion, Jose Ignacio Martin (a.k.a.: Chuo) on keyboards, Enrique Moros on guitars, Rafael Figlioulo on bass and Elisa as lead vocalist.
Merengue is the national dance of the Dominican Republic and is also important to national identity in the country. It is a type of danced walk and is accessible to a large variety of people with or without dance experience. [ 2] The music of merengue draws influence from European and Afro-Cuban styles and mainly uses instruments like guitars ...
A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [ [:es:Bonny Cepeda]]; see its history for attribution. Bonny Cepeda (born Fernando Antonio Cruz Paz in the Dominican Republic) is a merengue artist, band leader and producer. [1] In 1986 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for ...
The güira (Spanish pronunciation:) is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic used in merengue, bachata, and to a lesser extent, other genres such as cumbia.It is made of a metal sheet (commonly steel) and played with a stiff brush, thus being similar to the Haitian graj (a perforated metal cylinder scraped with a stick) and the Cuban guayo (metal scraper) and güiro (gourd scraper).