This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the Bongo Drum. The book includes lessons on music notation posture positioning tuning and hand strokes. There are also many exercises examples of Latinrhythms and even some history of the instrument. Written by best-selling Mel Bay author Trevor Salloum this method is all you need to start playing the Bongo Drum today! Includes access to online audio.

Recent interest in Bongos has surged with the inclusion of Bongos in almost every type of music including classical rock flamenco jazz Latin Middle Eastern and East Indian.Fun with the Bongos waswritten to provide a simple guide for someone without any musical experience who wants to learn to play the Bongos. The book is designed to teach drum notation basic Bongo technique simple rhythms and their application. Inaddition it develops familiarity with the construction nomenclature and characteristics of the Bongos.Fun with the Bongos is the first level in a series of books written by the author. Now includes Spanish

In this third volume in his bestselling series Al Dworsky shows you how to play funky West African Djembe grooves on Bongos. Each pattern is taught step-by-step using a player's eye view and a side view at normalspeed and in slow motion. The grooves fit with all kinds of music as you'll see when Al plays them with his brother Rich Dworsky the Piano player on public radio's A Prairie HomeCompanion. And you'll be able to playalong because Al only plays exactly what he's shown you how to play in the lessons.To show you how the grooves work in a more traditional context Al is joined by master drummer Fode Seydou Bangoura onDjembe. The DVD is about an hour long and includes a PDF file with simple charts of all the patterns. Alan Dworsky is the creator of over 20 bestselling and award-winning books and videos for hand drummers and othermusicians including the DVDs ?Gentle Djembe for Beginners' 'Cajon Grooves for Beginners ' and 'Bongo Grooves for Beginners?. His books 'A Rhythmic Vocabulary' and 'Conga Drumming' have each won the DRUM Magazine Readers' Poll asBest Instructional Book.

This DVD is packed with informative chapters on history selection positioning strokes practice tips/exercises clave martillo repiques/fills bongo bell soloing and much more. The diverse rhythms explored on this DVDinclude martillo bolero jazz rock odd-time signatures samba and bossa nova. If that is not enough a rare and special feature is highlighted footage and commentary of a bongo performance by the great Armando Peraza (Santana George Shearing Cal Tjader). Suitable for all levels this DVD is sure to be a valuable addition to your percussion library.

Description Trevor Salloum: First Lessons Bongo First Lessons Bongo and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the bongo drum.