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AfroCuban Makuta
(pronounced Ma ku ta)

This arrangement of Afro Cuban Makuta comes to me from the late Cuban Master Drummer Regino Jimenez.

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This pattern of five strokes is common throughout the African Diaspora. It has been called cinquillo (pronounced "sing key oh ") which means quintuplet. To hear another way that this pattern appears in music, check out Vol 5 of Speaking of Rhythm, Nigerian Highlife. The conga part to Highlife is based on cinquillo.