Genres
Timbales can be heard in:
- Danzón
- Mambo
- Salsa
- Latin Jazz
- Cumbia
- Merengue (played by the tamborero, or tambora player) not used
- Manele
- Neo-Bossa Nova not Used
- Reggaeton
- Latin rock
- Reggae
- Rock steady not used as a main instrument
- Ska
- Go-Go
- Rock
Other countless Latin genres feature the timbales, as they are constantly being incorporated into new styles of music.
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