Guaguancó
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Guaguancó is a subgenre of Cuban rumba, combining percussion, voices, and dance. There are two main styles: Havana and Matanzas.
All modes of quinto in context. Quinto excerpt from "La polémica" by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (1988).
Matanzas-style guaguancó guagua pattern
Quinto (drum)
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The quinto is the smallest and highest pitched type of conga drum. It is used as the lead drum in Cuban rumba styles such as guaguancó, yambú, columbia and guarapachangueo, and it is also present in c
Guaguancó
…two main styles: Havana and Matanzas. battery of three conga drummers: the tumbao "salidor" (lowest), tres dos (middle, playing a counter-clave), and quinto (highest, and lead drum). These parts may also be played on cajones, wooden boxes. claves usually played by a singer…
Oak Gon Bop quinto drum, c. 1976
The fundamental quinto lock strokes (top line) are a displaced "clave".
Alternating tone-slap melody quinto lock phrase
Bare-bones Columbia quinto lock