A small bell made of two joined metal cones, used as a percussion instrument in African and Latin music.
阿戈戈铃（非洲及拉丁音乐中的打击乐器）
Example sentencesExamples
On Caribbean Odyssey he plays bongos, congas, timbales, cowbells, Hawaiian nose flutes, chimes and even the agogo bells.
Each member of the quartet is credited with playing the agogo bells.
Just behind, the ding-ding-ding sound comes from the clustered bells of the agogo.
I play agogo and trumpet in a samba group.
The music workshop gave pupils at Broadway First School and St Mary's RC primary school the chance to get a flavour of Brazil as well as hands on experience playing an array of traditional instruments such as surdo drums and agogo bells.
Origin
From Yoruba.
Definition of agogo in US English:
agogo
nounəˈɡōɡō
A small bell made of two metal cones, used as a percussion instrument in African and Latin music.
阿戈戈铃（非洲及拉丁音乐中的打击乐器）
Example sentencesExamples
The music workshop gave pupils at Broadway First School and St Mary's RC primary school the chance to get a flavour of Brazil as well as hands on experience playing an array of traditional instruments such as surdo drums and agogo bells.
I play agogo and trumpet in a samba group.
On Caribbean Odyssey he plays bongos, congas, timbales, cowbells, Hawaiian nose flutes, chimes and even the agogo bells.
Just behind, the ding-ding-ding sound comes from the clustered bells of the agogo.
Each member of the quartet is credited with playing the agogo bells.