Nate'sKit
Senior Member
So if you have a pair of Bongos, and two or more Congas is that a set of percussion, or two sets of drums.? And why aren't bongos sold in sets of three like congas?
Well if you go way back, bongos, percussionwise, would be played with just percussion meńor - maracas, clave, and such. They are sold in threes but I've never seen anybody with them.
Congas/tumbadoras would have been in threes, but with three people playing one at a time. I've heard three congas called a full set. Tumba, segundo, quinto. Although that's not official or anything like that. There is also the super tumba and the requinto, with the super tumba being a somewhat newer addition, while the requinto has been around a good long time. The requinto would be in place of the quinto in a traditional ensemble.