TYPES OF CUMBIA.

Several regional patterns of cumbia: Sampuesana cumbia, soledeña, Cienaguera, momposina, sanjacintera, Cartagena, cereteana, magangueleña, among others.

- CLASSIC CUMBIA.
 
The cumbia is played with classical instruments like kuisi Sigi, the maraca kuisi Bunzi and sometimes accompanied the suaras. This is a zambo air that is formed by a native melody and rhythm of drums black, never sing, dance and is just totally instrumental. It is worth mentioning that there are other Caribbean rhythms are based Colombian cumbia as bullerengue, the thugs and the chantey.

- SABANERA CUMBIA.

In the savannas of Córdoba, Sucre and Bolivar, cumbia band runs pelayera leaf or band.

COMERCIAL OR MODERN CUMBIA.

In the modern cumbia are instruments like the clarinet, gouache, maracas, drum caller, cheerful drum and bass drums, synthesizer, piano, and woodwinds guacharaca typical Caribbean.

CUMBIAMBA.


Many authors in their writings make difference between cumbia and cumbiamba or also say that blacks who came from Africa to be slaves brought their dances and special tunes, and as time passed, they learned Castilian and began to sing in English. Currently about Colombian rivers where Africans were installed at the time and resonate currulao mapalé and dancing cumbia or cumbiamba.