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  2. Martin Cohen (entrepreneur) - Wikipedia

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    Martin Cohen (born January 28, 1939) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, mechanical engineer, and photographer, best known as the founder of the Latin Percussion company. He invented many percussion instruments used in the Latin, Jazz, World, for which he was awarded 8 patents. [ 1] Cohen has captured and documented thousands of Latin and ...

  3. Jam block - Wikipedia

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    A jam block is a percussion instrument developed as a modern, hard plastic version of the woodblock. [1] They are popularly used for their durability when compared to the traditional woodblock. They were created by Martin Cohen, founder of Latin Percussion, after percussionist Marc Quiñones requested a sturdier version of the woodblock.

  4. Güiro - Wikipedia

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    The güiro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwiɾo]) is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a ratchet sound. The güiro is commonly used in Cuban, Puerto Rican, and other forms of Latin American music ...

  5. Carlos "Patato" Valdes - Wikipedia

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    Carlos Valdés Galán (November 4, 1926 – December 4, 2007), better known as Patato, was a Cuban conga player. [1] In 1954, he emigrated from La Habana to New York City where he continued his prolific career as a sideman for several jazz and Latin music ensembles, and occasionally as a bandleader. [2] He contributed to the development of the ...

  6. Latin percussion - Wikipedia

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    Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments. Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles ...

  7. Conga - Wikipedia

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    Conga. 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). Congas were originally used in Afro-Cuban music genres such as conga (hence their name) and ...

  8. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Among the most common are the xylophone, marimba, the glockenspiel, the cowbells and the temple blocks. Other authorities cited here however say that temple blocks are not considered pitched instruments. ^ "Marching machine". Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.

  9. Cabasa - Wikipedia

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    Cabasa. The cabasa, similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, wooden or plastic handle. The metal cabasa was created by Martin Cohen, founder of Latin Percussion. This company has built a more durable cabasa that they ...

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