Timbal

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Timbal is a term sometimes used to refer to Cuban Timbales, but also used to refer to a relatively modern Brazilian musical instrument.

A slightly conical drum, of varying sizes, is usually light in weight and made of lacquered wood or metal with a tunable nylon head. The drum is most often found in Bahia, originating in Salvador, Bahia, and is used mainly to play Samba and its variants. They are played in a similar manner to the Atabaque, another hand drum a version of which had been brought to Brazil in slavery and is used in Candomblé rituals. In the 1980s, a music/social movement was organized to give Timbal to popular music. This was idealized by Carlinhos Brown's with their group Timbalada.