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.
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It sits within the topics Cuban styles of music, Dance in Cuba and Rumba.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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8 sectionsContents
- Percussion
- Clave
- Guagua
- Quinto
- Song
- Dance
- Selected discography
- References
Guaguancó () is a subgenre of Cuban rumba, combining percussion, voices, and dance. There are two main styles: Havana and Matanzas.
==Percussion== 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 guagua (aka catá) (hollowed piece of bamboo) maraca and/or a chekeré playing the main beats
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