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Friday, June 8, 2018

Pyle Latin Percussion Rack W/8
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The term Latin percussion refers to any number of a large family of musical instruments in the percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and/or idiophone family used in Latin music, which in turn is a very loosely related group of musical styles, mainly from the Latin American region, and ultimately having roots or influences in African tribal music.


Video Latin percussion



Particular instruments

Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles

Folkloric and Santeria

  • Trap drums
  • Abakua and Arará drums
  • Chekere/Shekere
  • Erikundi
  • Bata
  • Cowbell
  • Shaker
  • Conga
  • Cajon
  • Guiro
  • Barril de bomba
  • Pandereta plenera
  • Cuá

20-21st century music (Salsa, Son Montuno, Bolero, etc.)

  • Bongo
  • Conga
  • Clave/Wood block
  • Cowbell (cencerro)
  • Timbales
  • Shaker/Maraca
  • Güiro
  • Cajón

South America

  • Timbales, a similar Afro-Cuban instrument
  • Surdo
  • Cuíca
  • Caixa
  • Reco-reco
  • Cabasa/Afuche
  • Repinique
  • Agogô
  • Tan-tan
  • Pandeiro
  • Tamborim
  • Apito

Neo Samba and Neo-Bossa Nova additions

  • Conga
  • Timbales
  • Bongo
  • Clave/Wood block
  • Cowbell

Andean styles (Peru, Bolivia, South Ecuador, Argentina, Chile)

  • Rain Stick
  • Reco-reco
  • Sheep hooves, or chapchas
  • Chipaya box
  • Bombo
  • Huancara
  • Maraca

Coastal Peruvian and Afro-Peruvian

  • Cajon
  • Spoons
  • Cajita

Afro-Dominican

Folkloric

  • Various African drums
  • Shaker
  • Tambora
  • Palo drums
  • Marimbula

Merengue and Bacha-rengue

  • Tambora
  • Güira
  • Timbales
  • Conga
  • Bass drum (played by Güirero)

Bachata

  • Güira
  • Bongo
  • Conga

Other Caribbean

Honduran Punta & Folkloric music

  • Shaker/Rattle
  • Garawon (drum)
  • Turtle Shells

Guatemalan & Salvadoran folklore

  • Marimba
  • Shaker
  • Rattle
  • Guiro
  • Bass drum

Cumbia (Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, etc.)

  • Conga
  • Güira and Guiro
  • Maracas
  • Timbales
  • Wood block
  • Tambora

Haitian

  • Tanbou rada
  • Tanbou Petwo

Trinidad

  • dholak
  • steel drum
  • conga

Go-Go

  • Conga
  • Timbales
  • Cowbell
  • Wood block
  • Bongo drum

Maps Latin percussion



External links

There are far too many instruments in this sub-family of percussion to list all of them here, however there is more information in the links below. For more information:

  • Percussion Info.- Latin Percussion and World Drumming Resource.
  • Percussion Instruments

Source of article : Wikipedia