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Guaguancó

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Also known as Guaguanco

Guaguancó () is a subgenre of Cuban rumba, combining percussion, voices, and dance. There are two main styles: Havana and Matanzas.

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  • 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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