Mukati meCuba nhoroondo, iyo yezviridzwa zvemimhanzi inomira kunze, ichatanga kubva pakutanga kwekuvambwa kwayo neSpanish. Haingori chete madhiramu akagadzirwa neAfro-Cubans neCreoles (ayo aishandiswa mumitambo yekunamata yevaimbove uye mune dzakakurumbira orchestra dzeyekupedzisira), zvakawanikwa zvakare kuti veko vatove nezviridzwa zvavo.
Kunze kwe "Mayohuacan»- rinova dhiramu rakaburitswa risina zvigamba kana membrane - uye mamwe« maorivhi anonatsa », iyo« guamos kana hunde dzehozhwa inonzi Cobo (Strombus Gigans), pamwe nematombo uye zvedongo muridzo uye nyangwe nyere nyere yakagadzirwa kubva pfupa reshiri, yakasimbisa iyo maraca.
Vanyori vezvakaitika kare vanonongedzera kuzvikamu zviviri: vaAborigine neCuba. Nezve iyo yeIndo-Cubans, anoti "inogadzirwa nemadzinde maviri emagüey - nekudaro nemumamu - (chirimwa, chinonzi Pita), chakabatanidzwa, chiine matombo mukati." Nezve izvo zvaanotumidza zita reCuba, anoti "haazi chizvarwa cheCuba, sezvo ari wemhuri yepasi rose maraquera (...) MaIndia ekuMadokero eIndia akavaridza mumhanzi wavo."
Iwo akanyorwa akati maracas «akaoma güiras anogona kuve oval kana kutenderera uye mubato unowedzerwa kuzvibata zvirinani. Kana vagadzirira kugadzira ruzha rwakasimba uye rwepasi, vanoiswa mukati membeu yemiorivhi, uye pavanenge vachida mitinhimira inoiswa mukati memapellets kana mbeu diki ».
Mumadzinza eTaino, zvaigona kungoshandiswa nemubatsiri, mupirisita kana muroyi, 'kutaurirana nevamwari vaimuunzira budiriro' "nguva refu yapfuura, anoshandiswa sezviridzwa zvine rwiyo mumitambo yeorchestra, zvichikosha muRumbas, Congas, Boleros neGuarachas (…) Ruzha rwunofanirwa kubviswa kubva kwavari rwakafanana nerwakaitwa netimpani parinorohwa kubva mumativi ”, vanodaro vadzidzi.
