This is Lesson 1 from the video «Learn to Solo on Bongos: A Step-By-Step Guide for Beginners» by Alan Dworsky. It’s available at http://www.dancinghands.com.. The video is structured into 8 lessons, each focused on a set of licks that are combined into a variety of patterns and played with music. You’ll learn the power of pairs, checkered voicing, the offbeat path, how to create the illusion of speed with a rippled 6, how to stick the landing, a bit about technique, and more. And the music never stops, so you can always play along.. The video comes with a PDF file that includes charts of all the patterns. The PDF file also gives you the pitches I tuned my bongos to in every lesson.. You can think of the licks and patterns in this video as being like words and phrases in your rhythmic vocabulary. The goal is for you to learn to put them together in your own way, so that when you solo on bongos-whether it’s in a band or a jam or just playing along with your favorite music-you can say what you want to say.
This is the first rhythm taught in the video «Bongo Grooves for Beginners» by Alan Dworsky, available as a download or a DVD at http://www.dancinghands.com. Designed for the first-time hand drummer, the video teaches fun, funky grooves-including The Habanera, Calypso, Tumbao, Bombo, and the Backbeat Groove-that fit with all kinds of music. The video features clear, step-by-step instruction, a non-traditional approach, techniques that are easy on your hands, play-along tracks, a PDF file with charts of all the patterns, tips on tuning and how to hold the bongos, and examples of how to use the grooves to play along with recorded music or jam with your friends.
В этом выпуске вкратце пройдёмся по истории барабанов BONGO. Откуда они появились, какими бывают, как на них играть. И рассмотрим базовый ритм Martillo. Из каких элементов он состоит и как правильно играется.
Best-sounding, most clearly presented instruction I’ve found here for playing the basic ‘Habanera’ pattern on bongos for beginners. Unlike many teachers,, this drummer plays with a clean, slinky, fluid style, rather than with a wooden feel and muddy or imprecise tones. And his bongos are tuned nicely. Kudos, Al Dworsky! I have played congas at an intermediate-advanced level intermittently for 15 years, and I have now found a tasty «in» to approaching bongos, which I need to do both for their portability, and to use them ‘non-traditionally’ or folklorically for accompanying kirtan groups and various improvisational settings. ⚡ Many thanks ⚫
Auch wenn es schon ein alter Clip ist, aber nichts desto trotz ist es wirklich total Klasse. Ich liebe diese Art von Musik. Als dieser Clip Entstanden ist, war ich noch sehr Aktiv in Goa-Trance, Techno, Elektro usw Unterwegs. Damals war es eine eingeschworene und schöne Gesellschaft, die ich zum Teil jetzt noch vermisse…. KLASSE MUSIK….
ПаПа не играль на бонго, МаМа не играль на бонго, никогда никто на бонге не играль моя семья, бонго я себе купиль, папиросочку забиль, сел на кухне я тихонько и по БОНГО БОНГО БОНГО ГО:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ТИМОФКА:))))
Спасибо за урок. Я басист. Сейчас ещё играю на электрогитаре. Мне интересно включить перкуссионные моменты в свою игру. Поэтому захотел подучиться игре на перкуссии. В этом смысле ваш урок весьма кстати.
Bonjour, cette vidéo est vraiment très intéressante. En lien direct avec le domaine de la rythmique funky à la guitare. Si vous pouviez me dire ce que vous en pensez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7cd0gTL4UM Au plaisir d’un futur échange sur YouTube
I don’t know much about hand drums, but are you left-handed? because most of the other bongo & conga players I see start on the 1 with their right hand. I’m a lefty myself, so I’d like to know. Ideally, I guess, you’d like to be able to play the 1 with either hand.
I bought 1 of your DVD…but im stuck on one rhythm. My speed is faster. I want to learn more but how im stuck on not throwing tones in for my own rhythm. Can u reccomend a CD that has only background rhythms like in this video?
One strange question: (And i don’t know why I’m asking this here)
Most people hold bongos between their legs. And some people have them on a stand. Would it make a difference in sound if they were on the floor, in front of you? (like if you were just sitting or lying on the floor playing them)
Best-sounding, most clearly presented instruction I’ve found here for playing the basic ‘Habanera’ pattern on bongos for beginners. Unlike many teachers,, this drummer plays with a clean, slinky, fluid style, rather than with a wooden feel and muddy or imprecise tones. And his bongos are tuned nicely. Kudos, Al Dworsky! I have played congas at an intermediate-advanced level intermittently for 15 years, and I have now found a tasty «in» to approaching bongos, which I need to do both for their portability, and to use them ‘non-traditionally’ or folklorically for accompanying kirtan groups and various improvisational settings. ⚡ Many thanks ⚫
Auch wenn es schon ein alter Clip ist, aber nichts desto trotz ist es wirklich total Klasse. Ich liebe diese Art von Musik. Als dieser Clip Entstanden ist, war ich noch sehr Aktiv in Goa-Trance, Techno, Elektro usw Unterwegs. Damals war es eine eingeschworene und schöne Gesellschaft, die ich zum Teil jetzt noch vermisse…. KLASSE MUSIK….
ПаПа не играль на бонго, МаМа не играль на бонго, никогда никто на бонге не играль моя семья, бонго я себе купиль, папиросочку забиль, сел на кухне я тихонько и по БОНГО БОНГО БОНГО ГО:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ТИМОФКА:))))
Спасибо за урок. Я басист. Сейчас ещё играю на электрогитаре. Мне интересно включить перкуссионные моменты в свою игру. Поэтому захотел подучиться игре на перкуссии. В этом смысле ваш урок весьма кстати.
Bonjour, cette vidéo est vraiment très intéressante. En lien direct avec le domaine de la rythmique funky à la guitare. Si vous pouviez me dire ce que vous en pensez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7cd0gTL4UM Au plaisir d’un futur échange sur YouTube
I don’t know much about hand drums, but are you left-handed? because most of the other bongo & conga players I see start on the 1 with their right hand. I’m a lefty myself, so I’d like to know. Ideally, I guess, you’d like to be able to play the 1 with either hand.
I bought 1 of your DVD…but im stuck on one rhythm. My speed is faster. I want to learn more but how im stuck on not throwing tones in for my own rhythm. Can u reccomend a CD that has only background rhythms like in this video?
One strange question: (And i don’t know why I’m asking this here)
Most people hold bongos between their legs. And some people have them on a stand. Would it make a difference in sound if they were on the floor, in front of you? (like if you were just sitting or lying on the floor playing them)