Tumba (drum)

The tumba is a kind of long, thin drum, whose pitch depends on the part of the head being hit.[1]

Tumbas appear in Leroy Anderson's Jazz Pizzicato (1949) and Fiddle-Faddle (1952), Hans Werner Henze's opera The English Cat (1983), as well as the music of various Latin American dance bands. Also Karlheinz Stockhausen's Kreuzspiel (1951).[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, p.111. ISBN 1-85868-185-5.
  2. ↑ Pearsall, Edward (2012). Twentieth-Century Music Theory and Practice, p.217. ISBN 9780415888950.