The tumba, also known as a

tumbadora The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

or salidor, is a kind of long, thin, single-headed

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

, whose pitch depends on the part of the

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being hit.''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments'', p.111. . The ''tumba'' is the largest drum of the ''

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

'' family, typically with a head about 12.5 inches in diameter. There is a super-tumba variant of the tumba that is even larger. Of Cuban origin, the tumba is traditionally a stave drum constructed in the same manner as a barrel with long, thin strips of wood, but can also be made out of fiberglass. It is also the Panamanian colloquial name for a folkloric drum about 3 feet high, a foot across, mounted on a stand. Either type of tumba are hand drums, meaning they are struck with the hands to produce a tone. Prior to the 1950s Cuban conga players played only one drum made from old rum barrels, but with advances in construction and tuning systems quintos and tumbas were added to the typical setup, respectively above and below the pitch/size of the primary conga. Tumbas appear in

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's ''Jazz Pizzicato'' (1949) and ''Fiddle-Faddle'' (1952),

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opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

'' The English Cat'' (1983),

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' '' Rebonds'' (1987-1989), as well as the music of various Latin American dance bands. Also

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Kreuzspiel (Crossplay) is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen written for oboe, bass clarinet, piano and four percussionists in 1951 (it was later revised for just three percussionists, along with other changes). It is assigned the number 1/7 in the comp ...

'' (1951).Pearsall, Edward (2012). ''Twentieth-Century Music Theory and Practice'', p.217. .

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