Is this a Pachanga?

I think it is a mozambique like they announce and like this one. (just a quick search in youtube)


 
nowhiteshoes said:
It's a charanga.
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Yes the band is a charanga because of the the instruments it uses but that does not influence what the song is. A charanga can play son or cha cha cha or mambo or something else.
here is a charanga playing mambo. The bell pattern of mozambique is pretty distinct. But I can be wrong of cause I am not really an expert.
 
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That first vid starts off with the bell playing what sounds like a Mozambique but then it levels off into a straight 'Son'. Based on the title and the lyrical content, I'd say it's a Guaracha-Son done Charanga style.

Like someone noted earlier, Charanga is a format and not a rhythm. Pachanga is not a rhythm either and is a dance style developed in NYC. It's also a term associated with a "party." People then and now use the term in the same way the term Mambo and Salsa are used everywhere. As a category to mean Afro-Cuban dance and music.
 
Richie Blondet said:
That first vid starts off with the bell playing what sounds like a Mozambique but then it levels off into a straight 'Son'. Based on the title and the lyrical content, I'd say it's a Guaracha-Son done Charanga style.

Like someone noted earlier, Charanga is a format and not a rhythm. Pachanga is not a rhythm either and is a dance style developed in NYC. It's also a term associated with a "party." People then and now use the term in the same way the term Mambo and Salsa are used everywhere. As a category to mean Afro-Cuban dance and music.
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Thanks for explaining. I did not really know what Pachanga was. Yes you are right that they start of with a bell that sounds like the bell from the mozambique does not really make the complete song a mozambique.
 
Pachanga is the dance.
Charanga is the music. A real Charanga always has a very strong presence of flutes and violins. So, for me that's not a Charanga.

I might be wrong, though.
 
Flutes - check.
Violins - check.
Definitely sounds like the Charanga format to me.

In terms of the rhythm, I'm curious about what to call that "samba-esque" bass rhythm that Pachanga dancers love - 1 &3 5 &7.
Oliver Pineda says in his musicality DVD/CD that this is a Bomba rhythm - does anyone know if he's right about that? If not, is there something else to call the rhythm?

For further examples of the samba-esque rhythm, see:
 
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