Post date: Aug 29, 2012 6:29:24 AM
If you're looking for music suggestions for a dance lesson, music that you can practice to, a party/dance playlist, or you are trying to learn how to recognize merengue music, look no further!
Here is a YouTube playlist collection of music that you can merengue to. There is a specific style of music for merengue, but it's not the only music you can merengue to. Many songs, in fact, nearly all popular music today uses a "merengue beat" underneath it, even if the style of music is not merengue. What you want to look for are songs with a really heavy 1-2-3-4 drum beat and between 120 and 180 beats per minute (you don't need to know the specific BPM, listen to the examples to get the feel for how fast the beat is). It might help if the song has a Caribbean flavor to it, especially if it uses horn instruments, but it's not necessary. You'll notice from the playlist that there are several different styles, from reggae to hip hop to '70s R&B.
Some of the songs might be repeated because there are different covers and styles of the same song, so if you don't like one version, you might like another version. There is a variety of different styles and genres so you're sure to find something that will suit you! If you can't see the playlist video, you may need to click on the title of the post to go to the post's page directly. If you still can't see it, please let us know! You can also click on the link to view the playlist on YouTube itself.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0fH78Pn-tROSkxSkYzkZly2gMMImNKA9
To watch a YouTube playlist, all you have to do is click on the "play" button or anywhere in the middle of the player window and the first song will start playing. It will automatically play the next song after the current song is over. If you would like to skip ahead to another song, the video window needs to be playing something first, so if you haven't already clicked the "play" button, do that first.
Then, while the video is playing, move your mouse over the window. A bar at the bottom will pop up with a variety of buttons. On the bottom right, the first or second icon from the left should be a symbol of several lines like a list. Click that button and the playlist will pop up on top of the video window. It's hard to see but there is a scroll bar on the right-hand side that you can drag down to see the entire list. Then you can click on any song in the playlist and skip right to it. If you want to close the playlist window and go back to the current video window, just click again on that little lined symbol down at the bottom right of the window.
If you have a favorite merengue song that you don't see here, recommend it in the comments below or email us at OrlandoBallroomDancePortal@gmail.com