Tumba (drum)

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The tumba is a kind of long, thin drum, whose pitch depends on the part of the head being hit. Tumbas appear in Leroy Anderson's Jazz Pizzicato (1949) and Fiddle-Faddle (1952), as well as the music of various Latin American dance bands.

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• The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, ISBN 1-85868-185-5, p111