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The term Latin percussion refers to any number of a large family of musical percussion instruments used in Latin music, which in turn is a very loosely related group of musical styles, mainly from the Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
n region, and ultimately having roots or influences in African tribal music.
Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles
Folkloric and Santeria

20-21st century music (Salsa, Son Montuno, Bolero, etc.)



Neo Samba and Neo-Bossa Nova additions


Andean styles (Peru, Bolivia, South Ecuador, Argentina, Chile)

Coastal Peruvian and Afro-Peruvian



Merengue and Bacha-rengue

Bachata



Guatemalan & Salvadoran folklore


Cumbia (Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, etc.)

Haitian


Trinidad


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The term Latin percussion refers to any number of a large family of musical percussion instruments used in Latin music, which in turn is a very loosely related group of musical styles, mainly from the Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
n region, and ultimately having roots or influences in African tribal music.

Particular instruments


Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles


Folkloric and Santeria
  • Trap drums
  • Abakua
    Abakuá

    Abakua or Abaku? is an Afro-Cuban men's initiatory fraternity, or secret society, which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon....
     and Arará
    Arará

    The term Arar? refers to a minority group in Cuba and elsewhere in the Caribbean who descend from Fon people, Ewe people, Popo, Mahi people and other ethnic groups in Dahomey ....
     drums
  • Chekere/Shekere
    Shekere

    The shekere is a percussion instrument from Africa, consisting of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd. Throughout the continent it is called different things, such as the lilolo, axatse , and chequere....
  • Erikundi
    Erikundi

    An erikundi is a kind of leather maraca, a percussion instrument....
  • Bata
    Batá drums

    A Bat? drum is a double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. The percussion instrument is used primarily for the use of religious or semi-religious purposes for the native culture from the land of Yoruba people, located in Nigeria, as well as by worshippers of Santer?a in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and in the...
  • Cowbell
  • Shaker_(percussion)
    Shaker (percussion)

    The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.They are so called because the method of creating sound involves shaking them?moving them back and forth rather than striking them....
  • Conga
    Conga

    The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....
  • Cajon
    Cajón

    A caj?n is a kind of box drum played by slapping the front face with the hands....
  • Guiro
  • Flute
    Flute

    The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge....

20-21st century music (Salsa, Son Montuno, Bolero, etc.)
  • Bongo
    Bongo drum

    Bongo drums or bongos are a Latin-American percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other....
  • Conga
    Conga

    The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....
  • Clave
    Claves

    Claves are a percussion instrument , consisting of a pair of short , thick dowels. Traditionally they were made of wood, typically rosewood, ebony or genadillo....
    /Wood block
    Wood block

    A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drums made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound....
  • Cowbell (cencerro)
  • Timbales
    Timbales

    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Music of Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-tom drum, and usually much higher tuned....
  • Shaker_(percussion)
    Shaker (percussion)

    The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.They are so called because the method of creating sound involves shaking them?moving them back and forth rather than striking them....
    /Maraca
    Maraca

    Maracas is a native instrument of Puerto Rico. They are simple percussion instruments , usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried calabash or gourd shell or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans....
  • Guiro
  • Cajon
    Cajón

    A caj?n is a kind of box drum played by slapping the front face with the hands....


South America


Brazilian music

Samba and Bossa Nova
  • Cuica
    Cuíca

    Cu?ca [] is a Brazil friction drum often used in Samba music. The tone it produces has a high-pitched squeaky timbre. It has been called a 'laughing gourd' due to this sound....
  • Timbal
    Timbal

    Timbal is a term sometimes used to refer to Cuban Timbales, but also used to refer to a relatively modern Brazilian musical instrument.A slightly conical drum, of varying sizes, is usually light in weight and made of lacquered wood or metal with a tunable nylon head....
     (not to be confused with Timbales
    Timbales

    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Music of Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-tom drum, and usually much higher tuned....
    , a similar Afro-Cuban instrument)
  • Surdo
    Surdo

    The surdo is a large bass drum used in many kinds of Brazilian music, most notably samba.Surdo sizes normally vary between 16" or even 14" and 26" or even 29" diameter....
  • Caixa
    Caixa

    Caixa might mean:*A caixa is a Brazilian snare drum.*La Caixa is the common name of a Spanish bank.*Caixa Econ?mica Federal, a large state-owned development Bank in Brazil....
  • Reco-reco
  • Cabasa
    Cabasa

    The cabasa, similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wide cylinder....
    /Afuche
  • Repinique
    Repinique

    A repinique is a two-headed Brazilian drum used in samba baterias . It is used in the Rio de Janeiro and S?o Paulo Carnival baterias and in the baterias of Bahia, where it is known as repique....
  • Agogô
    Agogô

    An agog? is a single or multiple Bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba music and also in the samba baterias ....
  • Tan-tan
    Tan-Tan

    Tan-Tan is a city in southern Morocco. It is a desert town with a small population, with only few claims to fame:*The nearby port, Tan-Tan Plage, or Port of Tan-Tan, about 25 kilometres away from Tan-Tan itself...
  • Pandeiro
    Pandeiro

    The pandeiro , is a type of hand frame drum.There are two important distinctions between a pandeiro and the common tambourine. The tension of the head on the pandeiro can be tuned, allowing the player a choice of high and low notes....
  • Tamborim
    Tamborim

    A tamborim , is a small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin.The frame is 6" in diameter and may be made of metal, plastic or wood....
  • Apito
    Apito

    Apito is the whistle used in samba music and other brazilian music styles. In samba a special tri-tone samba whistle and common referee whistles are also used....


Neo Samba and Neo-Bossa Nova additions
  • Conga
    Conga

    The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....
  • Timbales
    Timbales

    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Music of Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-tom drum, and usually much higher tuned....
  • Bongo
    Bongo drum

    Bongo drums or bongos are a Latin-American percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other....
  • Clave
    Claves

    Claves are a percussion instrument , consisting of a pair of short , thick dowels. Traditionally they were made of wood, typically rosewood, ebony or genadillo....
    /Wood block
    Wood block

    A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drums made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound....
  • Cowbell


Andean styles (Peru, Bolivia, South Ecuador, Argentina, Chile)
  • Rain Stick
  • Reco-reco
  • Sheep hooves, or chapchas
  • Chipaya box
  • Bombo
    Bombo

    Bombo is a United Kingdom computer game published by Rino for the Commodore 64....
  • Huancara
  • Acha
    Acha

    Acha may refer to:* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland* Acha , a character in Namco's 1986 arcade game, Toy Pop* Acha Mountain Fortress, an earthen fortress...
     drum
  • Maraca
    Maraca

    Maracas is a native instrument of Puerto Rico. They are simple percussion instruments , usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried calabash or gourd shell or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans....

Coastal Peruvian and Afro-Peruvian
  • Cajon
    Cajón

    A caj?n is a kind of box drum played by slapping the front face with the hands....
  • Spoons
  • Cajita


Afro-Dominican


Folkloric
  • Various African drums
  • Shaker_(percussion)
    Shaker (percussion)

    The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.They are so called because the method of creating sound involves shaking them?moving them back and forth rather than striking them....
  • Tambora
    Tambora

    Tambora may refer to:* In music:**Tanpura, an instrument used in Indian classical music for continuous production of consonating reference notes ...
  • Palo
    Palo

    Palo may refer to:*Palo , developed by slaves from Central Africa in Cuba*Palos, long drums used in the music of the Dominican Republic*Palo , the name for a musical form in flamenco...
     drums
  • Marimbula
    Marímbula

    A mar?mbula is a folk musical instrument of the Caribbean Islands . The mar?mbula is usually classified as part of the lamellophone family of musical instruments....


Merengue and Bacha-rengue
  • Tambora
    Tambora

    Tambora may refer to:* In music:**Tanpura, an instrument used in Indian classical music for continuous production of consonating reference notes ...
  • Güira
    Güira

    A g?ira is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic, generally used in merengue , bachata, and its subgenres, that sounds like a maraca or hi-hat but in fact is a sheet of metal -- in practice, often from a five gallon oil can-- evenly perforated with a nail, shaped into a cylinder or torpedo-like shape, and played with a stiff b...
  • Timbales
    Timbales

    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Music of Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-tom drum, and usually much higher tuned....
  • Conga
    Conga

    The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....
  • Bass drum
    Bass drum

    A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch . There are three general classifications of bass drums: the concert bass drum, the kick' drum, and the pitched bass drum....
     (played by Güirero)

Bachata
  • Güira
    Güira

    A g?ira is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic, generally used in merengue , bachata, and its subgenres, that sounds like a maraca or hi-hat but in fact is a sheet of metal -- in practice, often from a five gallon oil can-- evenly perforated with a nail, shaped into a cylinder or torpedo-like shape, and played with a stiff b...
  • Bongo
    Bongo drum

    Bongo drums or bongos are a Latin-American percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other....


Other Caribbean


Honduran Punta & Folkloric music
  • Shaker_(percussion)
    Shaker (percussion)

    The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.They are so called because the method of creating sound involves shaking them?moving them back and forth rather than striking them....
    /Rattles
  • Garawon (drum)
  • Turtle Shells


Guatemalan & Salvadoran folklore
  • Marimba
    Marimba

    The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically....
  • Shaker_(percussion)
    Shaker (percussion)

    The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.They are so called because the method of creating sound involves shaking them?moving them back and forth rather than striking them....
  • Rattles
  • Guiro
  • Bass drum
    Bass drum

    A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch . There are three general classifications of bass drums: the concert bass drum, the kick' drum, and the pitched bass drum....


Cumbia (Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, etc.)
  • Conga
    Conga

    The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....
  • Güira
    Güira

    A g?ira is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic, generally used in merengue , bachata, and its subgenres, that sounds like a maraca or hi-hat but in fact is a sheet of metal -- in practice, often from a five gallon oil can-- evenly perforated with a nail, shaped into a cylinder or torpedo-like shape, and played with a stiff b...
     and Guiro
  • Maracas
  • Timbales
    Timbales

    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Music of Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-tom drum, and usually much higher tuned....
  • Wood block
    Wood block

    A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drums made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound....
  • Tambora

Haitian
  • Tanbou rada
  • Tanbou Petwo


Trinidad
  • dholak
    Dholak

    The Dholak is a North Indian, Pakistani and Nepalese double-headed hand-drum. It may have traditional lacing or turnbuckle tensioning: in the former case rings are used for tuning, though the dholak is mainly a folk instrument, lacking the exact tuning of the tabla or the pakhawaj....
  • steel drum
  • conga
    Conga

    The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....


External links


There are far too many instruments in this sub-family of percussion to list all of them here. For more information:

  • - Latin Percussion and World Drumming Resource.