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By Trevor Salloum

ISBN-10: 0786620714

ISBN-13: 9780786620715

The Bongo booklet is a advisor to the paintings of bongo drumming, demonstrat­ing the wide variety of software that the bongos permit.

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I d o n ’t k n ow b eca u se w e d id n ’t have too m uch o f the Cuban players co m in g to Puerto R ico to play. T hey w ou ld com e in sp oradically. I u sed to hear a program from San Juan every day from 12-1. S ep teto Puerto R ico w as the nam e o f the group and th ey had a b o n g o player. T hat’s h ow I becam e interested in p layin g the b on gos. S. Can I ask you about the equipm ent you use? D o you have any preferences for the drum s or skins? M. I lik e the w o o d en b on g o s and the skins have to be high pitched, not too thick (m ed iu m ).

First in the A fro-C uban group, then in jazz. C. The b o n g o s h ave alw ays b een the salt and pepper o f the rhythm section , as far as I w as concerned. T hey added the sp ic e and the little accen ts and things. W e ’re talking Latin m u sic n ow . In the old days (4 0 ’s) bongos w ere p layed m uch d ifferen tly than they are p layed n ow (in Latin bands). In th ose days there were less o ffb eat rhythm s. In the old days they h in ged m ore on the martillo throughout, then accents with the martillo its e lf and alw ays back to the martillo.

G. merengue, p a ’ca). In C uba m any bongoseros w ill play a maraca and/or cow bell w ith their right hand while playing the bongos with their left. This is especially useful when extra percussionists are not available. T he bongosero will often place the cow bell on a chair w ith a tow el that lim its m ove­ ment and dam pens the sound. Som etim es the cow bell is hit with a beater or a maraca. MARACA/BELL TECHNIQUE Photo by A1 Salloum © 1995 As m entioned previously, the bongo requires very little care and m ain­ tenance.

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