... 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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• Grade Level: High School