Great video. I’ve been playing for years but have recently upped the ante after getting the bongo I’ve been waiting for and your vid will help me one heck of a lot!
I had some conga and berembau experience years ago. I recently got a bongo cajon and am really enjoying it. Probably going to get a set of bongos soon.
Thank you Kevin your explanations are very clear and I appreciate your display of humility you are an excellent musician they are usually the humblest looking forward to practice with your video
@@RhythmNotes that’s great!! I’ll look out for them. Could you break down the salsa one a little more? I love salsa music/dancing, but trying to play the bongos to it is melting my brain 😂
Hey, my name is Arthur from South Africa Johannesburg. I love percussion. I have been playing djembe drum from the age of 7. Today I find it easy to go on a conga and bongos, but I need a good foundation and techniques. South Africa doesn't have many percussionist but I hope to change that.
I’m 1st gen cuban-american in cuban family and usually theres instruments laying around during holidays and family gatherings, everyone always picks em up play with whatever salsa is on & I wanna be less shy to pick up the bongos :)
That’s a really nice story. Thanks for sharing. This video shares some more about martillo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2x9P5Ha-WOs.html
I've never seen bongo played in a DC GoGo group. Usually the percussionist has two congas and two junior congas (shorter shell size). The junior congas are tuned higher and can sound like bongos. I've heard people refer to congas as bongos, but that's like calling a car a truck. I'd be interested to know if percussionists are using bongos in DC GoGo culture, too.
Have you seen this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ugXrFsLbkgQ.htmlsi=68HbPmcjT6PYliZq ... I am not opposed to doing my own video, it's just not a style of music I have played professionally.
The demos are listed in the description (occasionally I forget and need to go back and add them). The funk tune is called Real Dapper by Curtain Peepers and the salsa tune is I saw What You Did by Tiki Tiki
Thank you for this well documented and clear video. I am a newbie. I assimilated the Martillo although the LP bongo set that I ordered was delivered to me with a Macho / Hembra pitches inversion: low pitches on Macho and high pitches on Hembra! With a little experience I will be able to correct this amazing tuning mistake.
The tuning thing is interesting. I wonder if the factory was concerned about the smaller head tightening too much with the changes in moisture during shelving and transportation. Smaller heads tend to be affected more dramatically than larger ones. This is all assuming that the heads are real skins. I always say crank the macho and go a little easier on the hembra. Best wishes!
Thank you for the video. The Salsa Accent Phrase that you are playing is based on the 3/2 clave. Right? Also please upload more of the repiques "improvisational" parts. Thank you.
It’s one way to accent beat two. Check out this video because it’s more clear about the open vs closed tone technique on the macho. And when you hear Cuban bongoceros play you’ll hear the open tone on beat 2. ... martillo starts at 2:55 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2x9P5Ha-WOs.html
Hello. Can someone explain the obsession with the Martillo? Almost every bongo video is just people playing a martillo. Drum videos aren’t just people playing a rock beat. Don’t understand. I get it has its place in a samba rhythm section, but that’s it it seems. Surely an instrument is there to be used as you like, taken to new ground, played in new ways. There are a thousands of genres and rhythms beyond martillo/samba… a million rhythms that can work musically within and around any accompaniment. Jimmy Hendrix played his guitar upside down (and no he didn’t learn to play it the right way round first!).
Martillo is Cuban and Samba is Brazilian … but I get what you’re saying. It’s important to learn the instrument, at least to some degree, in the styles of its origin. And it’s also important to apply the instrument to other genres, too. Have you seen this video on funk and r&b ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JjJn8hi4sHU.html
Play bongo in big band. Especially in the funky I wish, i hear 16 th note bongo patterns with accents, just to go out of my head with disco - funk . But ...dont see them being used: timbales, conga, see a version with beat ring. Is it to much to line up all together as a band? I had problems to get it lined up ...even when i practiced timing seriously. Timing of the group is a whole started sounding chaotic. When i used 4th on cowbell it was OK. Stevie Wonder performs "For Once in My Life" at the 25th Anniversary Concert in 2009. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HlQmzvBSe3I.html Stevie Wonder - I wish ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Me-HOoM-3D4.html
Honestly, I played in a Latin jazz ensemble for about six semesters before I started to fit all of the parts together well. And the timbalero I was playing with is now with Pancho Sanchez and the bongocero is with Snarky Puppy, so it was a good percussion section. We rehearsed 3 hours a week with the directorship of Jose Aponte, who was an invaluable resource and teacher for these rhythms. And, BTW, I still struggle to ensure the rhythms fit together well. It's a journey and in many cases a lifestyle to make these rhythms work well.
What would help you learn more productively? Slower, stroke by stroke explanation? More focused videos on just one thing, like just about martillo, for example?
Thanks for watching. I have another video to be published December 7 that focuses more on the martillo pattern for beginners and some simple grooves to play with other instrument or along to your favorite songs.
Thanks for sharing. If you're interested in more basics, maybe this video would interest you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2x9P5Ha-WOs.html