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'''Bongos''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''bongó'') are an [[Afro-Cubans|Afro-Cuban]] [[percussion instrument]] consisting of a pair of small open bottomed [[hand drum]]s of different sizes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Strain |first=James Allen |url= |title=A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist and Drummer |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-8108-8693-3 |page=23 |oclc=974035735 |quote=}}</ref> The pair consists of the larger ''hembra'' ({{Literally|female}}) and the smaller ''macho'' ({{Literally|male}}), which are joined by a wooden bridge. They are played with both hands and usually held between the legs, although in some cases, as in classical music, they may be played with
Bongos are mainly employed in the [[rhythm section]] of [[son cubano]] and [[salsa music|salsa]] ensembles, often alongside other drums such as the larger [[congas]] and the stick-struck [[timbales]]. In these groups, the bongo player is known as ''bongosero'' and often plays a continuous eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' ({{Literally|hammer}}) as well as more rhythmically free parts, providing improvisatory flourishes and rhythmic counterpoint.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goldberg |first=Norbert |date=October 1985 |title=The Bongos |journal=[[Percussive Notes]] |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=25–26}}</ref>
Bongos originated in eastern Cuba at the end of the 19th century, possibly from a pair of larger drums such as the bokú. These older, larger bongos are known as ''bongó del monte'' and played in [[changüí]]. The smaller bongos used in son cubano were popular across Cuba by the 1910s and reached the concert halls of the eastern United States in the 1930s. By the 1940s, bongos and congas were sharing the stage as son ensembles grew in size and Latin music began to cross-pollinate with [[jazz]] and other
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