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  • Three-fifths of his group are percussionists: one on congas, one on tambora, and one on guira -- which accounts for that inescapable scraping sound.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Three-fifths of his group are percussionists: one on congas, one on tambora, and one on guira -- which accounts for that inescapable scraping sound.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Three-fifths of his group are percussionists: one on congas, one on tambora, and one on guira -- which accounts for that inescapable scraping sound.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Three-fifths of his group are percussionists: one on congas, one on tambora, and one on guira -- which accounts for that inescapable scraping sound.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Colombian folkloric music and the tambora in particular across the world (tambora is a folklore genre from the singer's hometown, and its name originates from the Colombian drum instrument tambor).

    Al-Ahram Weekly Online 2010

  • Three-fifths of his group are percussionists: one on congas, one on tambora, and one on guira -- which accounts for that inescapable scraping sound.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The Colombian guitarist fuses pop and rock with the rhythms of the vallenato, cumbia, bullerengue and tambora at 8 p.m. at Gusman Center, 174 E. Flagler St.,

    South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes 2009

  • The instruments alone represent the cultural influences that contributed to the music's development: the European guitar, replaced by the German accordion, which was traded for tobacco; the African marimba and tambora;; and the güira from the native Taino Indians, which is still very much associated with Dominican merengue; it is being passed around, and is VERY loud so try to not rub the pick with the instrument.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows kma08009 2009

  • The accordion was replaced by a large brass section, keeping the tambora and güira.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows kma08009 2009

  • Alacranes Musical includes two vocalists, a saxophone player, a tuba player, a keyboard player, a drummer and someone who plays the tambora, a drum that creates a peppy, infectious beat throughout all Duranguense tunes.

    unknown title 2009

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