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  2. Bongo drum - Wikipedia

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    Bongo drums produce relatively high-pitched sounds compared to conga drums, and should be held behind the knees with the larger drum on the right when right-handed. It is most often played by hand and is especially associated in Cuban music with a steady pattern or ostinato of eighth-notes known as the martillo (hammer). [3]

  3. List of conga players - Wikipedia

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    A pair of congas. Conga players perform on a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin called the Tumbadora, or the Conga as it is internationally known. It is probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo.

  4. Conga - Wikipedia

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    The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest).

  5. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    A family of Latin American drums derived from the European bass drum Bombo legüero: Unpitched Membranophone Argentina Bonang: Indonesia Pitched 111.241.2 Idiophone Bones (instrument) Unpitched 111.11 Idiophone Bongo drum: Cuba Unpitched 211.251.2 Membranophone Boobam: United States Unpitched 211.211.1 Membranophone Boomwhacker: United States ...

  6. Afro-Caribbean music - Wikipedia

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    Main articles: Conga drum, bongo drum. Congas are tall, barrel-like, single-headed drums, usually played using the hands. [22] Bongos are similar to congas in shape, however, they are smaller and commonly played in pairs. [22] Bongos are tapered, single headed drums that are usually composed of a wooden base with an animal hide drumhead. [23]

  7. List of Caribbean membranophones - Wikipedia

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    kettle drum [16] Virgin Islands: 211.11 Snare drum, used in fife and drum ensembles Kimbisa drum [9] Cuba: 211–864 Tall drum with goatskin head, held in place by cords, wedges and hoops, used in the Kimbisa culture kinfuiti [43] Cuba: 231.12 Friction drum, single-headed, with a stick inserted and rubbed to produce the sound, used in the ...