The accordion 


It is an instrument that appears in the Dominican Republic at the end of the last century, arriving from Germany. The accordion is used in our music "the merengue" and it is also a musical harmonic wind instrument, consisting of a bellows, a tuning fork and two boxes of harmonics of wood.

The tambora

Is a percussion instrument cylindrical two-patch tape, which is used for most Dominican folk dances. The tambora is a typical instrument that gives relief to the rhythm of the merengue and other pieces of our folklore.




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