pambiche
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{{infobox music genre
| name = Pambiche
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| stylistic_origins = Merengue típico
| cultural_origins = American occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)
| instruments = Accordion, tambora, güira
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Pambiche is a Dominican music genre and dance form derived from merengue típico, the traditional style of merengue. It has a slower tempo than standard merengue and its tambora rhythm is based on the cinquillo.{{cite book|last1=Torres|first1=George|title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music|date=2013|publisher=Greenwood|location=Santa Barbara, CA|pages=292–293|isbn=9780313087943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MX5BXxjwV9cC}}
This style of merengue was originally known as merengue estilo yanqui (yankee-style merengue) or "Palm Beach one step", from which the term pambiche stems (corruption of "Palm Beach"). It is said to have originated from the americanized versions of merengue that the US military personnel performed during the occupation of the Dominican Republic. It is considered one of the most difficult americanized Latin American dances.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
Recordings
Dominican accordionist El Prodigio released an album entitled Pambiche Meets Jazz in which he combined traditional merengue rhythms (most of the songs featuring pambiche) with American music styles such as jazz, rock and blues.
Both pambiche and merengue are included in Jean Françaix's suite "Cinq Danses Exotiques".{{cite book|last1=Villafruela|first1=Miguel|title=El saxofón en la música docta de América Latina|date=2007|publisher=Universidad de Chile|location=Santiago, Chile|page=41|language=Spanish}}
The Dominican songwriter Juan Luis Guerra has recorded several Pambiches, including the traditional merengue Juana Mecho (Soplando, 1984) and his recent releases Pambiche de novia ([https://elnacional.com.do/juan-luis-guerra-presenta-un-lado-mas-intimo-con-prive/ Privé], 2020).{{Cite web|last=Nacional|first=El|title=Juan Luis Guerra presenta un lado más íntimo con "Privé"|url=https://elnacional.com.do/juan-luis-guerra-presenta-un-lado-mas-intimo-con-prive/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=El Nacional|language=es}} Other pambiches are the traditional Juan Gomero, Rafael Solano's Dominicanita, Vicente Garcia's Palm Beach, and Luys Bien's Déjame Nacer. {{Cite web|last=York|first=The City College of New|date=2015-07-03|title=Un Siglo de Música Dominicana|url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi/secretaria-de-estado-de-turismo|access-date=2021-10-11|website=The City College of New York|language=en-us}}{{cite web|url=http://www.alpasodelosfamosos.com/2021/10/luys-bien-presenta-pambiche-de-cuna.html?m=0 |title= Luys Bien presenta pambiche de cuna "Déjame Nacer" |access-date=18 December 2021|work=Al Paso de los Famosos}}