This informative book by Trevor Salloum is devoted to the all too often overlooked Latin instrument the Bongo Drums. Prepare to embark on an educational musical journey - one which offers many valuable insights intoplaying this instrument as well as revealing its colorful history.Jazz Rock Danzon Mozambique and Bomba patterns are all covered with fills exercises and performance techniques to get you going in thesestyles. Maintenance characteristic rhythmic patterns and important artists in the evolution of Bongo technique are also discussed in depth.The Bongo Book comes with access to online audio featuring recordings of the rhythm patterns discussed in the book.

Bongo Grooves For Beginners is a selection of 21 Bongo grooves that work with all different kinds of music. Each groove is taught step-by-step as well as being shown in slow motion. This hour long DVD will haveyou slapping and tapping out exotic rhythms from around the world in no time. The DVD has been filmed from a players-eye-view of the instrument to help you copy the actions. As an added feature each lesson ends withAlan Dworsky playing along with a guitarist.

In-depth coverage of popular percussion instruments including history tuning maintenance techniques exercises ensembles and more from a world-renowned educator and performer Kalani. Each book comes with an enhanced CD featuring additional multimedia content including demonstrations of all rhythms and techniques and tuning instructions.

Learning bongos was meant to be this easy! This unique two-part DVD was designed to offer the beginning hand drummer a fun and creative approach to start playing immediately. In Part 1 expert percussionist Brad Dutz covers how to develop a good sense of the beat how to produce tones and how to play a rhythm. Part 2 presents in-depth instructions on the proper techniques for producing a variety of tones and sounds. In addition to presenting exercises to develop strong technique this DVD also exposes you to various authentic rhythmic patterns from a diversity of world cultures. Brad Dutz was born in Decatur Illinois and has played music all ofhis life. In 1981 after graduating from North Texas University he moved to Los Angeles and began studying with Luis Conte who to this day is a strong influence both as a teacher and a friend. Brad Dutz has performed with such notables as Alanis Morrissette (Alanis Unplugged) LeAnn Rimes (Twisted Angel) the Ocena's 11 soundtrack Lee Ann Womack (Something Worth Leaving Behind) and David Benoit (Fuzzy Logic). INCLUDES: Basic Rhythms Various drum tones and sounds Proper technique for playing Authentic World rhythm patterns and cultures Cutting-edge DVD special feature sets

A complete study: Contains illustrations showing the current method of playing the Bongo drums and all Latin rhythm.