Cinguillo ‘Cinguillo (Pronounced “SIN-KEY-YO") is one bar ehythmie pattern thats found throughout Afro-Cuban pescusive and melodic phrases. SSS ct wt Cinquillo came into existence with Danzon* music in Cuba. This music was crated by Miguel Fallde-Perez in the Province of Matanzas in Cuba. In 1877 he wrote “Las Alturas de Simpson” (The Heights of Simpson) named forthe town ‘of Simpson inthe hills overlooking Matanzas, ‘The Cinguillo patter is part ofa two-bar vamp that i played on the timbales throughout a Danzon, This in turn bas filtered down to become an integral part of many other thythinic patieens, itis very important for yo to remember ths pattern when trying to determine the Clave of any tune. This paternal 1m the "3" side of the Clave, “El Manicero” (The Peanut Vendor) ——Cinguitis —, -——Cinguitlo—, Notice that the Cinguillos fall on the 2nd and 4th bars of the melody. OF course the Cinquilla are not always 4s obvious as this one is, You will hear many examples of Cinquillos throughout this book,