Editing Go-go (section)

==Description==
{{listen  | filename = gogobeat.ogg | title = basic go-go beat | description = The most important part of the go-go beat is the bass/snare pattern. }}
In technical terms, "go-go's essential beat is characterized by a five through four [[syncopation|syncopated]] rhythm that is underscored prominently by the [[bass drum]] and [[snare drum]], and the [[hi-hat]]... [and] is ornamented by the other [[percussion instrument]]s, especially by the [[conga|conga drums]], [[rototom]]s, and hand-held [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]]s."<ref name="beat1">
{{cite book  | last = Lornell  | first = Kip  | author2 = Charles C. Stephenson Jr.  | title = [[The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop]]  | publisher = [[Billboard Books|Billboard]]  | year = 2001  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/12 12]  | isbn = 0-8230-7727-6  }}</ref>

Unique to go-go is instrumentation with two standard congas and two junior congas, 8" and 9" wide and about half as tall as the standard congas, a size rare outside go-go. They were introduced to [[Rare Essence]] by Tyrone "Jungle Boogie" Williams in the early days when they couldn't afford full-sized congas and are ubiquitous ever since.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmottgogo.com/goombox.html |author=Take Me Out to the Go-Go |title=Take Me Out to the Go-Go |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717070741/http://www.tmottgogo.com/goombox.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> Its name arises from the persistent percussive beat, but it incorporates elements of many other genres.<ref name=ABC/>