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Meaning of a bombo y platillo by Jimeno Álvarez




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a bombo y platillo
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This idiom means, literally, do with apparatus, with ostentation, cheerfully do.?? Referenced two percussion instruments, drum and cymbal, used widely in orchestral fanfares and music bands. From remote times both percussive instruments have been used to announce the arrival of the King or a dignitary of importance, as well as to announce the celebration of medieval tournaments and multitudinous festivals to which came the people. Today still used as more sound elements in the fanfare leading up to the parade, being the protagonists of music bands in parades announcing the holding of fairs and festivals.

  

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