Definitions
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- noun music The basic
rhythm played on theconga drum and thebass inAfro-Cuban music.
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Examples
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Using as the song's heartbeat a foot pattern on the bass drum known as tumbao, songo is more about a feeling than actual arrangement.
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Can someone tell what "tumbao" means, as in the Celia Cruz song "La Chica Negra Tiene Tumbao".
Que Significa.... 2004
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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I love the way Cuban spanish sounds, It may not be pure but who cares .. when it has so much tumbao. yeah! jerezano
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