Features. Traditional cumbia music instruments include drums, flutes and other wind instruments, guitars, ouds, and percussion instruments, like the maracas. Cumbia music has continued to develop over time, adding new instruments such as caja drums, trumpets, synthesizers, clarinets, saxophones and trombones.umbia music is influenced by African, Spanish and Native American culture and music. Cumbia music gets its name from the cumbe dance it was named after. The cumbe dance is originally from Guinea.