Timbales — as we see come in this video of the master of timables Tito Puente — are sets of two shallow, high-pitched drums, to which a percussionist often attaches other instruments like cymbals, cowbells and claves. Timbales appear in Latin musical genres from salsa to mambo to reggaeton. Sometimes a percussionist hits the top of the timbales, other time s/he keeps time hitting the sides. Tito Puente can hit the timbales anywhere he wants and they’ll sound terrific.
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