Percussion is a very important part of Latin American music. Many of the instruments used originated in Africa and became popular in music from the Caribbean. There are many major instruments used in Latin American music. These include drums as well as instruments created out of what many people consider to be junk. The bongos are the highest pitched drums in Latin American music. They consist ... are the open tone or "gung", closed, muffled or flesh tone, and the slap or "pop". Originally made from hollowed out wooden bowls, timbales are also direct descendants of African instruments. They w...

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... Families would hunt parrots for dinner. After many successful hunts the families would celebrate and dance to Merengue. Accompanying the dancing there were groups of people who would play the instruments. The instruments usually included the Tres (three string guitar), guira, "maracas", tambora (two headed drum), the marimba (similar to a vibraphone). (Singer) Merengue has two distinctive rhythms played on the tambora, influenced ... drumming styles survived from the enslaved Africans who managed to keep their sacred and secular drumming traditions. Even with out their original instrume...

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... a mixture of brassy arrangements, repeating choruses and jazzy solos. Usually the instrumentation for salsa groups consists of one or two lead singers, 2-5 brass instruments, piano, bass, a pair of conga drums, timbales, bongos, a cowbell, and various hand-held small percussion instruments. Salsa is a very vivid kind of music, there are people who specialize on the classic style of salsa, and others, such as groups ... ...

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... the stage. The live performances were Cuban musical groups that played salsa but each had their on style with touch of their own flavor. They all had a lot percussion and some of the instruments that I could point out were the timbales, congas, trumpets, rattles, and the base. Yet there was some groups such as Timbao which were more traditional and did not ... ...

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