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
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
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
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Los Muñequitos de Matanzas is a Cuban rumba ensemble from the city of Matanzas. The group was established in 1952 as Conjunto Guaguancó Matancero and released their first LP in 1956 through Puchito. S
Quinto (drum)
…is a two-clave phrase. The tone-slap melody usually reverses with every clave. This style of quinto playing was made popular by the many recordings of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (1956–present), the most famous rumba group from Matanzas. In the following example the melodic contour of the first measure (first clave cycle) of…
All modes of quinto in context. Quinto excerpt from "La polémica" by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (1988).