What Does Timbals Mean?

Timbales or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size.

What does timbale mean in English?

1a : a creamy mixture (as of meat or vegetables) baked in a mold also : the mold in which it is baked. b : a small pastry shell filled with a cooked timbale mixture. 2 or less commonly timbal \ ˈtim-​bəl \ : one of a set of single-headed cylindrical drums played with sticks —usually used in plural.

What is a timbale music?

Also, the plural form of the Spanish, timbal (timpani). ... 2. A Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single head, shallow drums tuned to different pitches, and performed with two sticks. These drums are essential to Latin American popular music.