This is what I was looking for. I'm just getting started in percussion

@RhythmNotes

5 жыл бұрын

That's great, Jin! ... What percussion instruments have you been playing?

@drumkick2315

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Bongo. Playing Drums since 3 years

Just got a new set. Had a set of bongos when I was little, now 40 years later, I am back to learn.

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

That's great! Let know if there's anything you're looking for.

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

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

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!

@RhythmNotes

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

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.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. I love my bongo cajon.

Just got my first bongo. Looking forward to some good information

@RhythmNotes

6 ай бұрын

Have you seen my bongo drumming playlist kzread.info/head/PLfaZqBOzNnodl3s7jwjvu7VH2-o9-t1Nx&si=dT1jBuLzbafK5MIR

@anicca3179

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man, will give it shot for sure!

Great Video! Thanks for this!

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it!

Hey man so glad to found ur channel! I gonna get my bongos to start bring joy with ma'music

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

Great! I'm glad it's helping.

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 :)

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a really nice story. Thanks for sharing. This video shares some more about martillo kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKxtspeBkZC9f9Y.html

First search and this is exactly what I was looking for! More of this🔥🔥🔥

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you found the video helpful.

Beginner for sure, but now that I have more time lately I've been subbing to channels like this one and practicing.

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it's helping. Let me know if there's something you're looking for.

Thank you I'm a long time fan yet I'm a beginner. And your video helps me a lot.

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

Omar Serrano Thanks for mentioning it, Omar. Is there a topic you’re interested in that you’d like to see a video about?

Love your work, I have a Gon Bops wooden bongo. The sound is beautiful, I have to live up to it.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Those are nice drums. Thanks for watching!

Just bought my first bongo, very excited to learn about where the bongo fits in D.C GOGO culture

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

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.

I just got some bongos for Christmas and am so excited to start playing! Thank you for the tutorials!!

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I’ll making a few more in 2021.

@MamaRosie

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 😂

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

@@MamaRosie definitely ... I’m working on a video that breaks down the salsa accents and shares a few variations.

@MamaRosie

3 жыл бұрын

Yay!

Thanks Kevin! Can you do a video for bongo rhythms in Bachata?

@RhythmNotes

10 ай бұрын

Have you seen this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5uM1KisfMXRl7Q.htmlsi=68HbPmcjT6PYliZq ... I am not opposed to doing my own video, it's just not a style of music I have played professionally.

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.

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

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!

thanks!

@RhythmNotes

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Hey it's Scott Grimes from the Orville! Hahahah, In all seriousness thanks for the video man!

@RhythmNotes

Жыл бұрын

Any time!

Just starting. Play shaker percussion with my husband who has been a blues singer songwriter for 52 years

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Susan. Have you checked some of the other bongo videos on my channel? kzread.info/head/PLfaZqBOzNnodl3s7jwjvu7VH2-o9-t1Nx

Great

@RhythmNotes

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. Here's a playlist of more, if you're interested kzread.info/head/PLfaZqBOzNnodl3s7jwjvu7VH2-o9-t1Nx

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.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

That's great, Bongane. Let me know if there's a particular video you're looking for.

I know this is a beginner vid. But FYI, you do not hold down the toe. You hold down the heel in order to accent beats one and theee

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

✔️

I don’t have any experience. I’m starting the learning process.

@RhythmNotes

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen my bongo basics video in this playlist? kzread.info/head/PLfaZqBOzNnodl3s7jwjvu7VH2-o9-t1Nx

Great Kevin! Where can we purchase the music sheet for the funk groove?

@RhythmNotes

6 ай бұрын

Here rhythmnotes.gumroad.com/l/bongo-rhythms

Hi Kevin, what's the name of that musical backing tune? Keep hearing it on your demos. Thx

@RhythmNotes

2 жыл бұрын

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

Love salsa, so would love to play a set of bongos given to me by my wife…

@RhythmNotes

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you get your wish, Frank.

Is there a concept of clave in Bachata? In Derecho pattern?

@RhythmNotes

10 ай бұрын

Not that I know of, but I don't have much experience with bachata.

Looking to replace my traditional skinheads, with modern artificial heads. Hoping to get that extra Cuban pop out of them. Any suggestions?

@RhythmNotes

Жыл бұрын

I like the REMO Nuskyn heads.

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.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

The salsa accent phrase is based on 2/3 son clave.

You had me at *clutterly*.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

That’s funny ;)

Beginning

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Have you watch the bongo basics video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKxtspeBkZC9f9Y.html

Funky AF

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Wow I didn’t realize the right hand is alternating the way it hits the macho

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

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 kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKxtspeBkZC9f9Y.html

Puede ser en español, y seria mas practico para mi al seguirlo con los bongos

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Ojalá pudiera hacer estos videos en español también. ... Que tan bien es mi español?

4:27

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Salsa accents

slow bongo where and its cool

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

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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. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqCFz9yvcrbLY6w.html Stevie Wonder - I wish kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5lhqrGofZCZdJc.html

@RhythmNotes

Жыл бұрын

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.

Iam Dr Ram Sewak also played Bango

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

First time

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

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!).

@RhythmNotes

2 жыл бұрын

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 ? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5-0JqhmZfZeLg.html

@iphonepilot

2 жыл бұрын

@@RhythmNotes i think i've seen ALL the bongo videos on youtube!

pero no tienes de salsa alma amigo

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

Se explica a los 4 minutos en el video.

No experience

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. This video focuses more on bongo basics kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKxtspeBkZC9f9Y.html

beginner

@RhythmNotes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I hope it was helpful.

I need a more productive learning.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

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?

@petesolla2600

3 жыл бұрын

Hi , and thank you for your response, I wanna get better on the strokes , along with the time in. Please help.

@petesolla2600

3 жыл бұрын

Rhythm Notes I can see the hand positions , however, I get lost on the variations.

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

@@petesolla2600 I will try to put together something that's slower and more focused on martillo and variations / fills.

@petesolla2600

3 жыл бұрын

Rhythm Notes hey !! Thank you..

Zero experience

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I'm uploading a video that focuses more on beginner technique and patterns in two weeks (December 7).

None

@RhythmNotes

Жыл бұрын

✔️

Total beginner

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

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.

No experience

@RhythmNotes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. If you're interested in more basics, maybe this video would interest you. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKxtspeBkZC9f9Y.html