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  2. Latin percussion - Wikipedia

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    Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. ... a similar Afro-Cuban instrument; Surdo ...

  3. Music of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    It is a form of urban contemporary music, often combining other Latin musical styles, Caribbean and West Indies music, (such as reggae, soca, Spanish reggae, salsa, merengue and bachata. [9] It originates from Panamanian Reggae en Español and Jamaican dancehall, however received its rise to popularity through Puerto Rico.

  4. Banda music - Wikipedia

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    Banda is a subgenre of regional Mexican music and type of ensemble in which wind (mostly brass) and percussion instruments are performed.. The history of banda music in Mexico dates from the middle of the 19th century with the arrival of piston brass instruments, when community musicians tried to imitate military bands.

  5. Get to know the instruments behind música Mexicana - AOL

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    From the guitarron and the requinto to the guiro and the tololoche, these are some of the instruments responsible for música Mexicana's distinct qualities. Get to know the instruments behind ...

  6. Castanets - Wikipedia

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    Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument , used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, [1] Ottoman, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic, Portuguese, Philippine, Brazilian, and Swiss music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar instrument called the crotalum.

  7. Vallenato - Wikipedia

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    Its three traditional instruments are: the caja vallenata: a small drum held between the knees and played with bare hands. It was used by the African slaves brought by the Europeans. Similar to a tambora drum. the guacharaca: a wooden, ribbed stick similar to a sugar cane, accompanied by a fork that when rubbed together emits a scraping sound ...

  8. Music of Chile - Wikipedia

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    Easter Island folk music has different origins from those of continental Chilean music. Instead, traditional music from the island consists of choral singing and chanting, similar to Tahitian music and the traditions of other Polynesian cultures. Families often performed as choirs, competing in an annual concert.

  9. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Woodwind instrument commonly used in Hungarian folk music. There are two variants, the original tárogató, also called töröksíp, which is a reed aerophone instrument similar to zurna. The modern tárogató was invented by József Schunda and resembles more to saxophone. 422.212 — India: saraswati veena [68] vina