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macho

  • The male, smaller of any two paired percussive instruments (bongos, clave, timbales,etc).

    • mambo ( nl - engl - esp )

    mambo bell

  • The bell played by the timbalero in mambo style songs.

    • manoseo del cuero

  • A style using hands and fingers developed by early Cuban tympanists.

    • manoteo

  • See marcha.

    • maracas

  • Canister rattles with handles originally made from gourds or rawhide and filled with beads, pebbles, seeds or the like. Hand held and played in pairs.
    • marcha
  • Literally "march," the name sometimes given to the conga part.

    • marimbula

  • A large resonant wooden box with a (kalimba-like) thumb piano constructed over an opening in the box. It is of Congolese Bantú origin and was the original bass instrument in the Changui groups. The player sits on the box and plucks at the metal keys and strikes rythmic figures on the box itself.

    • martillo

  • Spanish word for hammer.
  • The name of the rhythm played on the Bongos. It is primarily a timekeeping pattern but the performance in an ensemble includes many inprovised variations called repiques.

    • merengue ( nl - engl - esp )

  • Songstyle of the Domincan Republic. Generally fast in tempo. Traditionally played on the Tambora, Guira and Accordian, current ensembles feature a full rhythm section, alto saxophones and trumpets, congas and sometimes drum set.

    • merensongo

  • An Afro-Cuban feel invented by Changuito.

    • montuno

  • Section of an arrangement featuring the Córo/Pregón of the lead vocalist and chorus as well as instrumental solos.
  • Term used to describe the repeated syncopated vamp played by the piano.

    • moña

  • Layered parts played by the horn section featuring staggered entrances, layered and contrapuntal parts and generally a building intensity. Usually introduced during the Mambo section. They are generally written but sometimes improvised.

    • mozambique

  • An Afro-Cuban rhythm invented by Pedro Izquierdo (Pello el Afrokán), at first used bin the Cuban carnival, later popularized by Eddie Palmieri in New York.

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