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Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:28 pmby Whopbamboom
... or does it even have a name? "Cua" is the closest I've come to a name for it so far.
I found a video and there is a guy off to the right of the screen striking sticks on what looks like a small barrel that he has set on top of a stand. You can catch a glimpse of it maybe 4-5 times throughout the video.
The video is at this page:
http://www.rhythmweb.com/
scroll down to the red box and click on the link that says "Puerto Rican Bomba Drum & Dance, Here" to pull up the video.
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Posted:
Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:39 pmby Whopbamboom
Oooh... I think I just found out that the sticks themselves are the "cua's". If that's the case, then what is the name of what the man is striking?
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:41 amby Tonio
Huh? where's the video?
T
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:44 amby Whopbamboom
Whopbamboom wrote:The video is at this page:
http://www.rhythmweb.com/scroll down to the red box and click on the link that says "Puerto Rican Bomba Drum & Dance, Here" to pull up the video.
Is this not working for you? I was able to pull it up without trouble, though it did take a little time to load on my slow computer.
Posted:
Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:12 amby Tonio
ok, found it.
It looks like a rounded off tambora, but does not appear to be any heads??
that is weird. By the sound of it, its sounds more of a drum than a cata.
T
Posted:
Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:32 amby JayMacho
Yeah, its called Cua. Its just a guagua for bomba. Basically, its a little barrel played with sticks to keep time. It is hollow without heads.
JAY
Posted:
Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:56 pmby Whopbamboom
So the barrel is also called a cua, and not just the sticks?
Posted:
Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:43 pmby tamboricua
Whopbamboom wrote:So the barrel is also called a cua, and not just the sticks?
I understand the cuá or fuá to be just the two sticks.
Saludos,
Jorge Ginorio
Posted:
Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:11 amby Whopbamboom
Then that still begs the question of what the barrel itself might be called...
Re: What is the name of this?
Posted:
Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:04 amby Salvarican
Cua is the barrel, which you can also use large bamboo sticks. Theyre used to keep the timing in Bomba from Puerto Rico. The Cua is hit by 2 sticks.