You probably thing about beatnik poet embellishing one's unknown petry flourishes on a set of little drums when someone points out playing bongos. This depiction may appear absurd, the function of the bongos as an instrument of improvisation isn't far from true.

Bongos came from Cuba within the Son design of music in the mid 19th century. Boy is an organic merging of African and Spanish music from the eastern part of Cuba. They were initially the only drums used in Son music and, since of their soft sound and high pitch, were played only throughout the intro and verses of the tunes. The bongocero, which is a name for the bongo gamer in Cuba changed his/her playing to a cowbell during the louder areas of the songs.

Nowadays, the bongos are one of the most identifiable of the Latin drums, and you cand find their noise in practically all styles of music. Essentially, bongos are a set of little drums that are linked and played as a system. Typically, you hold the bongos between your legs with the smaller sized drum on your.

Here are some basic strokes you can attempt to play the bongos:

First is the open tone, you hit the edge of the drum with the knucly part of your palm and let your fingers bounce off the head. You can experiment by moving your fingers about 4 inches in from the center of the see and drum how the sound modifications. Make the sound abundant and clear with no overtones or those frustrating ringing sounds that get in the method of a clear tone.

Second is thet slap, cup your fingers a little as you strike the head to develop an accent not that includes color to your drumming. After your hand hits the drum, relax your fingers and let them bounce off the head. The slap stroke makes a 'pop' noise of a greater pitch than the open tone stroke.

Keep in mind to constantly keep your hand in contact with the head when you play this stroke. You strike the drum in the open tone style, however enable your fingers to rest on the head after you strike it. All you actually hear with a soft tone is a light touch of your fingers versus the head.

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