What is "quinto"

Quinto (fifth) may refer to:

• Quinto (Ponce), a barrio in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• Quinto, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Ticino
• Quinto, Spain, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza
• Quinto, Italy:
  • Quinto Vercellese, Province of Vercelli, Piemont
  • Quinto Vicentino, Province of Vicenza, Veneto
  • Quinto di Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto
• Quinto, the smallest of the conga drums used in the music of Cuba
• Quinto, a five-digit numbers game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery
• Zachary Quinto, an American actor

Quinto (Barrio Quinto) is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Sexto, Quinto is one the municipality's six original urban barrios. It was organized in 1878.

The quinto (literally fifth in Spanish) is the smallest and highest pitched type of conga drum. It is used as the lead drum in Cuban rumba styles such as guaguancó, yambú, columbia and guarapachangueo, and it is also present in congas de comparsa. Quinto phrases are played in both triple-pulse (12/8, 6/8) and duple-pulse (4/4, 2/2) structures. In columbia, triple pulse is the primary structure and duple pulse is secondary. In yambú and guaguancó duple-pulse is primary and triple-pulse is secondary.