The History of Salsa Dancing Part 1 - Afro Caribbean Origins

Part 1 of a educational series I'm doing on the history of salsa dancing. This first video explores the Cuban and African heritage of the music and dance. http://www.nysalsa101.com

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[CFITOMAHAWK2]

@pdeleon9

Still waiting for 4 months for those Bachata recordings from before 1962 from Dominican Republic. They don't exist. Bachata used to be call Bolero Ritmico by the musicians to distinguish it from the Cuban Bolero and other slower Boleros. Hear Daniel Santos Ciego De Amor and Si Tu Me quisieras from 1939. They are dozens of those from Daniel Santos. Sounds exactly and can be danced exactly like what they call since the 1980's "Bachata". Or Bachata sounds exactly like that better said

[pdeleon9]

Bachata originated in Dominican Republic and not outside of it. It was created in Santo Domingo and in some areas of the countryside by poor people. I wonder how the hell is bachata was even mentioned in the commentary section. This is a video about salsa.

[CFITOMAHAWK2]

@loveangel71 please direct me to a site or youtube video in which the rhythm of "Bachata" is clearle heard in the 1920's like you say. So far the only one that was send to me or else was an obscure 1962 one from a singer that used to sing with Felipe Rodriguez, Odilio Gonzales and other PR's in NYC and theathers in PR since the early 1950's. Let me see those 1920's 1930's or 1940's youtube "Bachata" records you are talking about. Show the proof. Lets see. So far nothing before 1962 I have seen.

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros I hope your ass feel better by now after i verbally raped you, I sent fact not opinion. Good luck in your quest for the truth, Obi-Wan Kenobi Tell master Yoda to keep training you in the quest for the truth. Ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja.

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros Most of the Cuban inventions as other Latin American invention in music come from Spain and Africa. There is not typical music from the new world. Put that in your retarded mind. The roots in every Latin American music comes from these two countries. The credit goes to Spain and Africa for bringing the music and the instrument to play it. Aprendite algo come mierda?

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros which often combine other Latin musical styles and Caribbean and West Indies music together such as reggae and soca and Spanish reggae, most commonly salsa music and merengue music and bachata. Now in current times in Puerto Rico it has a genre known as Malianteo which is blend Rap, Regaeton, and Rap Core version

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros Out of all of Puerto Rico's musical exports, it is known for its version of salsa music as well as reggaeton. Bomba and plena have been popular in Puerto Rico for a long time, while reggaetón is a relatively recent invention. Reggaeton is a form of urban contemporary music,

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros The Spanish Décima song format of ten lines, each consisting of eight syllables, remains an important part of Latin music, as an aspect of corrido, bolero, and vallenato.

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros During the Moorish occupation of Spain, the musical styles of the Roma, Jews, Spanish Christians and Moors contributed to the evolution of Latin music. The adoption of Moorish instruments and improvised high-pitched nasal singing style, and the characteristic Roma vocal trill spread to all parts of the Iberian Peninsula, as did, in the 16th century, the French troubadour tradition. Colonization of the Americas carried with it these Spanish musical traits.

[loveangel71]

@RomancesyBoleros t is in a moderately slow tempo and is performed to music which is sung and accompanied by castanets and guitars with lyrics of five to seven syllables in each of four lines per verse. It is in triple time and usually has a triplet on the second beat of each bar.