Tamborita calentana
Illustration — Tamboritas calentanas The tamborita or tamborita calentana is a percussion instrument from Mexico. It is used in conjuntos de música calentana, in the states of Guerrero, Michoacán and Estado de México. It is a double-headed skin drum, traditionally built with Parota root wood.
Tamborita calentana
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- Mexico
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Illustration — Tamboritas calentanas The tamborita or tamborita calentana is a percussion instrument from Mexico. It is used in conjuntos de música calentana, in the states of Guerrero, Michoacán and Estado de México. It is a double-headed skin drum, traditionally built with Parota root wood.
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Rims are made of aisinchete shrub and are tightened as in military drums. It is performed with a pair of wood sticks, one of these with a skin covered head to soften the sound. Tamborita accompanies guitars and violins in sones and gustos of tierracalenteña music.
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Esenbeckia calentana: Machuca Machuca, K. Martínez Salas, E. & Samain, M.-S. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2022.
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