Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher. They were developed as an alternative to classical timpani in Cuba in the early 20th century and later spread across Latin America and the United States.
Timbales are struck with wooden sticks on the heads and shells, although bare hands are sometimes used. The player (called a timbalero) uses a variety of stick strokes, rim shots, and rolls to produce a wide range of percussive expression during solos and at transitional sections of music, and usually plays the shells (or auxiliary percussion such as a cowbell or cymbal) to keep time in other parts of the song. The shells and the typical pattern played on them are referred to as cáscara. Common stroke patterns include abanico, baqueteo (from danzón), mambo and chachachá.
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