An intermediate level bongo lesson by Matt Dubuque that takes a basic foundation in the martillo and moves it further to include call and response patterns and triplets, ….
Well worth the watch.
Bongo Solo Played Like a Darbouka
Here is another impressive bongo solo from an artist named Alpay Dinletir. The thing I like about this solo is the use of the fast finger rolls. It reminds me of middle eastern darbouka playing, but with a different technique.
Incredibly Fast Bongo Solo
Here is a solo that is aptly named on youtube “The King of Bongos”. The artist has played bongos for over 40 years and as well as being a great solo, his work has incredible speed. It’s not only the speed of the solo that is impressive, check out the tonal variety ion the strikes while he is humming the mission impossible theme, …
Enjoy.
Bongo Solo from Robertito Melendez
Here is a bongo solo from Robertito Melendez. A professional player from Los Angeles. Some of the great things about this solo are the use of the martillo and variations as well as the great timing on the fills and motives used in other areas of the solo. I went though maybe a week or two while practicing where I would watch this solo several times every day, and still think it is an inspirational solo to watch.
The video is part of a the bongo players video series originally produced by Matthew Dubuque and Zeno Okeanos.
Enjoy!
Cheers.
Video Bongo Lessons from Trevor Salloum
Here are some video bongo lessons from Trevor Salloum. This guy is a great invoator in the teaching of bongos and is the author the “The Bongo Book” among other. This book is pretty much the classic for learning bongos and among other things covers the martillo and a wide array of variations and fills based on it. I got the book after picking up some skills from Youtube videos and am confident it can continue to widen the variety of my playing and take me as far into the martillo as I will want to go.
This first video is a great introduction to the martillo, the foundation of much latin bongo playing and a must know if you are getting seriously into bongos.
Latin Bongo Solo by an Impressive Drummer
Here are some videos of an artist who is also a drummer. His web site can be fount at http://www.juggywild.co.uk/.
What I like about this guys playing is a combination of the finger rolls and the various accents he is using on different semiquaver pulses. He labels it a latin bongo solo, but it really is quite a unique style. He is not really using the standard martillo, but has come up with some of his own techniques. Impressive!
