Modern Rhythms On Bongos-Playing Bongos is a fascination dialogue between man and woman: Macho and Hembra - the two drums with this unforgettable sound. With its roots in the Cuban Son- and Salsa-music playing the Bongos has had a bigglobal break through with the artistic performances of Bongo maestros such as Armando Peraza with Santana. With this DVD Hakim Ludin gives a clear insight into playing the Bongos with valuable information about basicrhythms and exercises complex patterns finger techniques movements and soloing. Modern rhythms on Bongos is presented by one of the most fascinating and progressive percussionists of nowadays and a must have forPercussionists.

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.