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South american instruments: traditional
instruments native from south america.
Guiro: wooden instrument with notches on which a stick is rubbed
to produce the sounds.
Bongos: cuban instrument composed of two small drums of different
size.
Claves: wooden cylinders. One is held along the thumb with the
tip of the other fingers as support. This way, the hollow par formed
by the hand and the instrument act as resonator and this cylinder is
hit with another cylinder in the other hand.
Maracas: generally made of dried animal skin stitched together
or hollow wood, they are filled with grains or small pebbles, then fastened
to wooden handles. They are shaken to produce the sounds.
Cencerros: cowbell hit with a stick.
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