bongo
Cuban percussion pair
Bongos are a pair of small drums of different sizes, joined together and played with the hands.
They originated in Cuba and became standard in Latin jazz and popular music.
The drums are held between the knees or mounted on a stand: She tapped out a rhythm on the bongos.
Separately, a bongo is a large African antelope with white stripes.
Cuban hand drum
- djembeHand-struck goblet drum
- drumheadTaut membrane over cylinder
- percussionSound through impact
- Afro-CubanBlending African and Cuban
Latin · mambo · salsa · hand drum · rhythm · beat · drumming · pair
Parallel linear markings
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- hoofedHaving hard feet
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- nocturnalActive during darkness
shy · camouflage · underbrush · solitary · horns · Central Africa · endangered · conservation
Cuban hand drum
- timbalesShallow single-headed drum pair
- cowbellStruck metal percussion instrument
- clavesPercussion stick pair
- guiroSerrated gourd idiophone
maracas · cajon · steel drum · Latin jazz · salsa band · rumba
conga
Cuban hand drum
- djembeHand-struck goblet drum
- drumheadTaut membrane over cylinder
- percussionSound through impact
Afro-Cuban · Latin · mambo · salsa · hand drum · rhythm · beat · drumming · pair · staves
stripes
Parallel linear markings
nocturnal · shy · camouflage · underbrush · solitary · horns · Central Africa · endangered · conservation · bovid
conga
Cuban hand drum
- timbalesShallow single-headed drum pair
- cowbellStruck metal percussion instrument
- clavesPercussion stick pair
guiro · maracas · cajon · steel drum · Latin jazz · salsa band · rumba
- drumsbass drum, tambourine, snare, snare drum, kick drum
- percussionbass drum, cajon, drum, congas, cowbell
- African wildlifeelephant, African elephant, lion, hippo, elephants
- big gameAfrican elephant, elephant, bison, grizzly bear, brown bear
- drum soundsbeat, boom, drumroll, hit, kick
- hoofed mammalscow, horse, goat, sheep, pig
bongotimpani
Tunable orchestral percussion
xylophone · marimba · vibraphone · glockenspiel · bass drum
- bongo drumsPaired handheld percussion instruments