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pachanga

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    paila criolla

  • Percussion instrument, made of a metal case on which a skin is tight . In the 19th century, the paila criolla was used in Cuba by the street musicians, before being adopted by the danzón bands.
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    pailas

  • Another name for the timbales sometimes used to describe a pair that is smaller than the larger orchestra timbales.
  • Paila is also a term used to describe the sides or shells of the timbales. "Play paila" means play the sides or play cáscara.

    • palitas or palitas cubanas

  • Smaller in size than the paila, these instruments allowed the performer to sit while he played.

    • palito(s)

  • Literally"sticks"; the sticks and pattern played during rumba. Pair of sticks traditionally used to play Gua-Gua that accompanies the Rumba styles.

    The name of the patterns played on the Gua-Gua. In nontraditional settings the patterns can be played on any wood sound.

    • panderetas

  • The name of the (jingle-less) tambourines used in the Puerto Rican Plena style,

    • paracumbe

  • Afro-Spanish dance, practised in Cuba during the 17th and 18th centuries; probably, a variant - or another name - of cumbé.
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    paseo

  • Slow figure of the contradanza. The dancers are aligned in two files, one gathering the men, the other bringing the women together. The man at the one of the ends puts his arm round his partner’s waist and passes with her through the passage formed between the two files; then the couple separates and the two partners come to line up at the other end of the files.
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    Pello el Afrokán (Pedro Izquierdo)

  • Invented the Afro-Cuban rhythm called Mozambique.

    • pilón

  • A rhythm invented by Enrique Bonne in the eastern province of Cuba.

    • plena

  • A folkloric Puerto Rican songstyle traditionally played on the Panderetas. The lyric content often deals with social or political statements, criticisms or satire.

    • ponche

  • The term used to describe beat four of the three side of the Clave or any of the rhythmic variations played off of this beat.

    • pregón (córo-pregón)

  • Song (or part of song) formerly used by the street singers in Cuba, and intended to praise their merchandise.

    • punto

  • This singing form of poetry is frequent in the Cuban countryside and has a lot of local variations.
    Its structure (decima metre) is found in many American musical traditions. Because of the rich possibilities of its rhythm, punto is an ideal basis, used in popular music and in concert music.

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