It has a slower tempo than standard merengue and its tambora rhythm is based on the cinquillo.
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.
[citation needed] 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".
[3] Other pambiches are the traditional Juan Gomero, Rafael Solano's Dominicanita, Vicente Garcia's Palm Beach, and Luys Bien's Déjame Nacer.