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Musical significance
Paulito's band broke new ground with a number of innovations. Some of the most significant contributions came from his conga drummer Tomás Cruz. Cruz's creations are clever counterpoints to the bass and chorus. Many of his tumbaos span two or even four claves in duration, something very rarely done previously - he also made more use of muffs (like batá!) in his marchas while also adapted all the songo type innovations of Changuito and Raúl "el Yulo" Cárdenas (both of Los Van Van)The example on the right is one of Cruz's inventos ('musical invention'), which is a band adaptation of the Congolese-based Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythm makuta. He played the pattern on three congas in the Paulito song "Llamada anónima." BG stands for bass "ghost note."