THE

BONGO BOOK

TREVOR SALLOUM

Hand Drum Tutor Book with CD

Here's an entire book devoted to the all too often overlooked Latin instrument, the bongo drums. Trevor Salloum guides you on an inspired informative, and educational musical journey; offering many valuable insights of playing this instrument as well as revealing its colourful history. This text features jazz, rock, Danzon, Mozambique, and bomba patterns with fills, exercises, and performance techniques to get you going in these styles. Maintenance, characteristic rhythmic patterns, and important artists in the evolution of bongo technique are also covered in depth. The companion CD features recordings of the rhythm patterns discussed in the book

Acknowledgements

Preface

History

Advantages

Description

Position

Clave

Strokes

• Manoteo

Rhythms

• Martillo
• Manoteo Variation
• Martillo Variations
• Bolero
• Bongo Bell
• Traditional/Non-Traditional Rhythms

Fills

Exercises

• Polyrhythms

Ornamentation

Maintenance

• Head Replacement

Accessories

• Jack Costanzo
• Armando Peraza
• Jose Mangual
• Candido Camero

Glossary

Resources

Bibliography

Index