1) Cuban musical instrument 2) Custardlike dishes 3) Tito puente played them
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Timbales (z) or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms, and usually tuned much higher. The player (called a timbalero) uses a variety of stick strokes, rim shots, and rolls to produce a wide range of percussive expression during solos and at transitional sections o...
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(from the article `stringed instrument`) ...harmony, the 10-stringed lute with 5 double courses (cuatro) plays the melody with the singer, and the scraper (guiro) and drums (timbales) ...
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Single-headed drums, usually in pairs, with metal or wooden frames, played with sticks, used in Cuban music.
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pair of metal-shelled, single-headed, cylindrical drums.
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