How to Play Your First Rhythm on Bongos--A Lesson for Beginners

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  • Опубліковано 25 тра 2011
  • This is the first rhythm taught in the video "Bongo Grooves for Beginners" by Alan Dworsky, available as a download or a DVD at www.dancinghands.com. Designed for the first-time hand drummer, the video teaches fun, funky grooves--including The Habanera, Calypso, Tumbao, Bombo, and the Backbeat Groove--that fit with all kinds of music. The video features clear, step-by-step instruction, a non-traditional approach, techniques that are easy on your hands, play-along tracks, a PDF file with charts of all the patterns, tips on tuning and how to hold the bongos, and examples of how to use the grooves to play along with recorded music or jam with your friends.
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  • @adrianmusic777
    @adrianmusic777 7 років тому +167

    Great info for beginners. Why do people leave bad reviews for this. Its pretty niche. If you dont like bongos, why are you watching? I find it quite amazing that someone with absolutely no interest in playing the bongos would watch this and leave a comment. Did you search for boobs and bongos came up by mistake. If you dont like what your watching, turn it off and watch something else or read a book or go for a walk. Have a life!! Im interested in learning how to play the bongos, so this is very interesting to me.

    • @joeyhandeland983
      @joeyhandeland983 5 років тому +4

      Well said.

    • @Sci-Fi_Fan296
      @Sci-Fi_Fan296 4 роки тому +4

      I could not agree more! This is a very helpful video for someone like me who is a beginner and is interested in learning a tip or 2 of how to play this instrument.

    • @user-sw7oh9oy6f
      @user-sw7oh9oy6f 3 роки тому

      hope this helps ua-cam.com/video/kICn4vhNhgE/v-deo.html

    • @markharris4539
      @markharris4539 3 роки тому

      Totally agree 👍 ole chap! Well said!

    • @joemomma1968
      @joemomma1968 3 роки тому

      Pipe down bongoboy

  • @Aegelis
    @Aegelis 5 років тому +155

    With chill voice, beat, and easy to follow instruction, you're the Bob Ross of bongos! Thanks for this and looking forward to playing more.

    • @lisaeverett9819
      @lisaeverett9819 Рік тому +1

      You are so right!

    • @theallknowing229
      @theallknowing229 Рік тому

      @@lisaeverett9819 bro, do u know what is the name of instrument the other person is playing at 0:02

    • @ppg19782
      @ppg19782 Рік тому +2

      @THE All Knowing musical washboard

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Рік тому +1

      Bongo Ross

  • @axlk-hq8qf
    @axlk-hq8qf 7 років тому +783

    its literally 4:37am and im watching this video. I dont even have bongos

    • @chaitu70
      @chaitu70 7 років тому +13

      alexxk maybe you are really interested in music, but not sure of which instrument to play.

    • @ABBY14462
      @ABBY14462 7 років тому +4

      alexxk same here

    • @elcinylmaz2200
      @elcinylmaz2200 7 років тому +5

      i'm at work and i don't have a bongo, either :)

    • @nitinagrawalagrawal9988
      @nitinagrawalagrawal9988 7 років тому +1

      tabla

    • @jojoUK120
      @jojoUK120 6 років тому

      ...yet

  • @santhiabraham3440
    @santhiabraham3440 Рік тому +11

    Watching this video after 11 year from posting

  • @dawnevans1955
    @dawnevans1955 3 роки тому +9

    I stumbled upon your video in a first grade class today. They wanted to see the Drum video! We all think you are a wonderful teacher! I love how you define your words and take your time. One of my first graders picked up this rhythm right away! We had a GREAT time! Thanks for great content!!

  • @JustHatched13
    @JustHatched13 12 років тому +9

    This is exactly the rhythm that my music director at church was trying to teach me. Thanks to your video I now know what he meant. I'll be playing it tomorrow.

  • @gowrikrishnan4629
    @gowrikrishnan4629 8 місяців тому +2

    People always say that when someone is really good at something, they can make it look easy and effortless. And that's exactly what you have done here! Clear explanation and easy to follow, thank you :D

  • @keefmeister77
    @keefmeister77 11 років тому +38

    Reading some of the comments here from a month or two ago, you'd think this guy is some sort of bongo anti-christ because he doesn't play EXACTLY according to the basic bongo patterns. So?!? Plays very well and I incorporated some of what he does into my repertoire, good video, by comparison I make him sound very traditional...

  • @roidthegoat
    @roidthegoat 5 років тому +111

    "Today i´m gonna sleep early"
    Me at 3 AM.

  • @gwales
    @gwales 11 років тому +31

    Excellent introduction. Many advanced players have trouble understanding what it looks like for beginners, but you show people how to layer the sound by adding complexity to an underlying simple pattern.

  • @Airman1121
    @Airman1121 4 роки тому +2

    Bongos have been especially helpful with my endeavor to quit smoking. Keeping my hands busy. Thank you for the "Habanera" lesson.

  • @satishtavag2587
    @satishtavag2587 3 роки тому +7

    Great feeling ! The beat, the way you progressively get into the final beat composition ! And nice, smooth, explanation. Thank you.

  • @avivavogelgabriel5482
    @avivavogelgabriel5482 6 років тому +11

    Best-sounding, most clearly presented instruction I've found here for playing the basic 'Habanera' pattern on bongos for beginners. Unlike many teachers,, this drummer plays with a clean, slinky, fluid style, rather than with a wooden feel and muddy or imprecise tones. And his bongos are tuned nicely. Kudos, Al Dworsky! I have played congas at an intermediate-advanced level intermittently for 15 years, and I have now found a tasty "in" to approaching bongos, which I need to do both for their portability, and to use them 'non-traditionally' or folklorically for accompanying kirtan groups and various improvisational settings. ⚡ Many thanks 🔴⚫🎱

  • @philliplanger5530
    @philliplanger5530 3 роки тому +4

    That was the best, first instrument lesson of my life. I felt capable and at ease. Thanks, Let's Do This!

  • @flipstick3409
    @flipstick3409 10 років тому +6

    Thanks...very helpful indeed. I've had my LP's for twenty years and play around, but you have inspired me to do more!

  • @swashington942
    @swashington942 8 років тому +7

    Amazing how a simple setup can sound so good.

  • @jessedallavecchia4187
    @jessedallavecchia4187 4 роки тому +21

    This was very helpful, purchasing my first set tomorrow to keep me busy during the quarantine! Actually looking forward to learning the instrument :)

  • @chezchez4998
    @chezchez4998 3 роки тому +1

    Good Stuff! Clear and concise. Short enough to learn the basic method so its not easily forgotten and can be practiced anywhere. Bravo! 👏

  • @shedroids
    @shedroids Місяць тому +1

    Explained and taught to Perfection, thank you, Al!

  • @anidamsa4396
    @anidamsa4396 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant, very musical, accessible and above all , inspirational. ‘Groove is in the heart’ 😂
    Many thanks.

  • @dayesimpson
    @dayesimpson 8 років тому +3

    Thank you for this wonderful video and lesson - so easy to understand as I just bought my first second hand bongos ... and want to learn!

  • @andrewsexton6179
    @andrewsexton6179 Рік тому

    I just bought my first bongos and I’m glad I saw your video first. A great rhythm I’m from Australia

  • @WORLDDRUMCLUB
    @WORLDDRUMCLUB 5 років тому +87

    We love that you did this on a rooftop!

    • @popupmassacre2445
      @popupmassacre2445 3 роки тому

      Well... he did the start and end on roof top. You can see grass in the rest of it so the explanation was somewhere else.

    • @popupmassacre2445
      @popupmassacre2445 3 роки тому +2

      Interested in whatever that board the other guy is playing actually. Pretty cool.

    • @mr.tiddles556
      @mr.tiddles556 3 роки тому

      @@popupmassacre2445 I'm pretty sure that's a washboard, if you haven't already found out

    • @rebeccadeveraux
      @rebeccadeveraux Рік тому

      Wow you look like you are so pretty 1:08

  • @jonlee2186
    @jonlee2186 3 роки тому +1

    Man!! makes me want to learn how to play the Bongos. Love how explains the simple "beat" and progresses.

  • @effyiew7318
    @effyiew7318 7 років тому +4

    Great setting. Love the rooftop vibe.

  • @bettyspitalnik6374
    @bettyspitalnik6374 4 роки тому +3

    Got it now, thank you! I appreciate you making this for us.

  • @TheWallowingMadman27
    @TheWallowingMadman27 3 роки тому

    I’m going to keep this in mind for when I get some bongos. I followed along & counted out the rhythm to get a sense of it.

  • @jcbnica
    @jcbnica 5 років тому +1

    Big thanks for sharing this video. This is my first lesson and got it!! Thanks to you.

  • @mommadrums
    @mommadrums 12 років тому +1

    what I love about this is how you take it step by step. nice teaching for a real beginner like me!

  • @DailyFrankPeter
    @DailyFrankPeter 6 років тому +1

    Wow.. you can teach stuff this way? That was totally pleasant and unlike anything I would call 'being taught'.

  • @ricdoliveira3075
    @ricdoliveira3075 3 місяці тому

    I’m a life long musician. With injuries from an accident I’m finding hand percussion my only unaffected ability. So, buying new percussion ( hand types). Torn between a cajon or bongos. I do music therapy as well, so bongos and other hand percussion seems more accessible.
    This video, explains what I’ve been know to do, but with appropriate info to do it better, thank you.

  • @jennifergomez4412
    @jennifergomez4412 4 роки тому +10

    Listening to bongos I feel like dancing in a beach in Hawai. ❤️

  • @nathanielwadley3924
    @nathanielwadley3924 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing this videos. My friend gave me a pair of bongas drum and I used this video to help me accumulated to my new friend. I just brought the video. Thank you for sharing your experience with mankind.

  • @Reyes78
    @Reyes78 11 років тому +1

    It makes me so glad to see an emphasis on the pulse right from the beginning because I overlooked it as a beginner and very much regretted it.

  • @FlatlandMando
    @FlatlandMando 3 роки тому +1

    Anytime I've had bongo's in my hands I've only been able to produce " junk sounds". But with this, next time I get ahold of a bongo set, your video will be my starting point

  • @jawidofkoj2998
    @jawidofkoj2998 4 роки тому +2

    Very soothing voice and video

  • @greenfunnycolor
    @greenfunnycolor 11 років тому +2

    Surprisingly easier than I thought it was going to be. Thank you!

  • @marcellejogaudinn3836
    @marcellejogaudinn3836 4 роки тому

    Drums are so cool. Thanks a lot. :)

  • @dirtdigga13
    @dirtdigga13 2 роки тому

    So easy to follow along with this video. Thank you!

  • @CSILopez
    @CSILopez 6 років тому

    Gracias for this! Can’t wait to see my progress!

  • @joggejor
    @joggejor 5 місяців тому

    just wonderful, thank you!

  • @Yaboroqe
    @Yaboroqe 7 років тому +1

    Great teaching, nice videolesson!

  • @SlimJointJr
    @SlimJointJr 8 років тому +4

    simple and clean.thanks.

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin Рік тому

    Excellent demo/ lesson! Thank you so much 🌠🌅🌌🕊👍🏻

  • @bobbytyler8008
    @bobbytyler8008 6 років тому

    You just got me started.. Many thanks. Im up and running..

  • @KVbrimex
    @KVbrimex 10 років тому +1

    Cheers, brilliant lesson.!!!

  • @b.dood_
    @b.dood_ 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the lesson Paul Simon!

  • @anicca3179
    @anicca3179 7 місяців тому

    Helped me a lot, thanks man!

  • @reliablebow
    @reliablebow 10 років тому

    Hi Al...just want to say you are a very good teacher...looking forward:)
    michael

  • @alexroman373
    @alexroman373 5 років тому +3

    Love it! I just played it on my pair!

  • @daddysmith1376
    @daddysmith1376 6 років тому

    Nice one bud my daughters loving this easy lesson👍

  • @MrFitznicely
    @MrFitznicely 11 років тому +5

    Great video! really clear and easy to follow, had me feeling like a pro in no time =D

  • @777Amato
    @777Amato 10 років тому

    Thank you! Very clear and helpful.

  • @Calypso3
    @Calypso3 12 років тому +1

    Great! I just picked up a set at a tag sale and figured I'd test my hand at jamming! Ty for tips!!

  • @bigkeezo
    @bigkeezo Рік тому +1

    Excellent 👏🏾

  • @EM-B
    @EM-B 7 років тому +1

    I couldn't play this at first!, but now I'm a pro!!, thanks 🙏🏼!. This is one of the best vids - for explaining!. XOXO 😘 EM-B! Zzz 😴 xxx

  • @markharris4539
    @markharris4539 3 роки тому

    Great vid Al!!

  • @Julie-jq1sy
    @Julie-jq1sy 8 років тому +1

    Thanks for the easy lesson. These Bongos sound nice. If only the drums were as easy.

  • @goodnurse4899
    @goodnurse4899 4 роки тому +1

    So helpful thx n you !!!

  • @lejosjoel1
    @lejosjoel1 10 років тому

    I love this video, thanks for your time, you are exceptional, Good narration

  • @territmoderitmo9190
    @territmoderitmo9190 5 років тому

    nice editing. simple and clear. good job

  • @frankkelly6273
    @frankkelly6273 5 років тому

    This is what I am looking for ...THANKS !!!

  • @bamanra3858
    @bamanra3858 3 роки тому

    @63 yrs old learning to play bongos/congas
    Proof you can teach a old dog 🐕 new tricks. 😉 👍🏾

  • @gmee123
    @gmee123 11 років тому +1

    This was a great beginner video and very nicely explained! Thanks for taking the time to share :)

  • @stern1233
    @stern1233 2 роки тому

    I love this video!

  • @chebontoroitich7509
    @chebontoroitich7509 5 років тому +1

    Awesome stuff!!

  • @DieterLo1
    @DieterLo1 9 місяців тому

    Very good lesson! Just started to learn playing Bongos!

  • @dawonplace
    @dawonplace 11 років тому

    Lovely teaching!!!!!!!!!!

  • @maurizioghezzer4302
    @maurizioghezzer4302 3 роки тому

    Bravo! Buona dimostrazione senza troppe lunghe chiacchere! ❤️

  • @LBEXOTICS
    @LBEXOTICS 12 років тому +1

    WOW.... THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!! IT REALLY HELPED!!! I have been trying and wanting to learn for a long time. I was getting the beat because your video made since . And was easy!!
    Regards
    David West
    (Owner) LB Exotics

  • @darrelltiencken2194
    @darrelltiencken2194 7 років тому +1

    I love it!

  • @tiershirt
    @tiershirt 8 років тому +1

    Thank you. Perfect for Beginners.

  • @tulikau4509
    @tulikau4509 4 роки тому +3

    Funkiest video ever

  • @grawakendream8980
    @grawakendream8980 9 місяців тому

    this was the easy to pick up how you presented it thank you

  • @thebayoudiaries8389
    @thebayoudiaries8389 7 років тому +1

    Great vid man!

  • @theeshadeslayer488
    @theeshadeslayer488 9 років тому

    Very inspirational video. I can't wait to jam on bongos and play the umm Habernero thingy!

  • @anarkyster
    @anarkyster 2 роки тому

    You're one helluva teacher!

  • @dawonplace
    @dawonplace 11 років тому

    Thank you Alan. I use this Cuban bongo (harmonara)playing the most.

  • @Aro3000
    @Aro3000 3 роки тому

    love it!!!

  • @miguelhaddadchavelas7454
    @miguelhaddadchavelas7454 3 роки тому

    Excelent class, thank you men

  • @ronscott1187
    @ronscott1187 3 роки тому

    Great vid! Great job!!!

  • @VanIsleBC
    @VanIsleBC 8 років тому +3

    you do a loop de loop and pull, now your shoes are lookin cool!

  • @DivineZeal
    @DivineZeal 10 років тому +1

    this was so fun to play along with :)

  • @vincentgodinez5275
    @vincentgodinez5275 4 роки тому

    I learned ftom differnt videos. I come back to this one because it helps get my hands get moving( basics).

  • @esther2208
    @esther2208 4 роки тому +2

    Where did you get those bongos? And what brand are they? I like the size of them

  • @x5cr3am0x
    @x5cr3am0x 12 років тому

    Thank you! This is really helpful

  • @bmmusic
    @bmmusic 6 років тому

    great video lesson on bongos....great job..

  • @bonek350
    @bonek350 3 роки тому

    Right on. Thanks, dude.

  • @chessdude67
    @chessdude67 13 років тому

    Excellent lesson...Thank you!
    Thumbs Way Up!
    I have a lot to learn. :)
    Tim

  • @pennynelly1392
    @pennynelly1392 7 років тому +1

    Very very helpful thanks a lot

  • @stevenmrippin
    @stevenmrippin 12 років тому

    Excellent video, really helped me out, thankyou for the great video :)

  • @drmher
    @drmher 12 років тому

    great 1st lesson. Thank you.

  • @somebuddyX
    @somebuddyX 10 років тому

    sweet christmas that was great!

  • @pacolote
    @pacolote 10 років тому

    a very helpful lesson!

  • @drmher
    @drmher 8 років тому +4

    Great beginner patterns. Thx

  • @myretrojunkie
    @myretrojunkie 5 років тому +2

    I asked for bongos for Christmas so I’m watching this lol

  • @HolyCrapZeo
    @HolyCrapZeo 11 років тому

    Im going to buy a bongo next week and this inspired me!

  • @lorentong4920
    @lorentong4920 11 років тому

    Thanks a lot for the lesson.

  • @emamshemr482
    @emamshemr482 6 років тому

    Thank you sir
    Best video

  • @PeiyushSharma
    @PeiyushSharma 11 років тому

    Very Nicely Explained, really good video.