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Tag: tambor

Definitions tagged tambor in the street dictionary.

bolillo

Small wooden sticks used for playing drums. (In Panama, these are typically used for traditional folk drums or in school marching bands.)

A: The kid lost his bolillos during band practice. B: Well, he better snap a branch off a tree because I do not have money to buy bullshit.

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Adulón

Name of the medium sized drum used in palos or atabales, which is traditional Afro Dominican folk music. (Palos or atabales are long drums played during religious and social ceremonies).

Adulón is a very useful instrument in traditional Dominican merengue.

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Güira

A percussion instrument consisting of a textured metal sheet, usually rolled into a cylinder, that is scraped with a metal brush (it is a signature element of Dominican music genres like merengue and bachata).

In merengue, the Güira is heard more than the guitar.

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