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Summary: Application is necessary here
Review: This is a good primer for Bongo's, understand that this is a afro-latin, Hispanic instrument and the applied rules are steeped deeply in those roots. And, this instruction delves the musician in exactly those techniques at the root level. It will require study and lots of time to incorporate the presented material into ones muscial psyche. The CD has become a staple of instruction material as of late, and that is the GOOD news. A great teaching aid and one (perhaps the only one for Bongo) which should not be ignored. The tools are here. Like all musical studies just add diligence and practice time and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Begiiner comments...
Review: This is a very good book/CD set. Not great, but very good. The CD that accompanies it is extremely helpful in finding the tones and timing, but a little more instruction would have helped. Had the CD been a DVD/CD with a few instruction tracks on it, I doubt you could beat this set-up.There are a lot of good exercises in here, and the notation (which in the percussion world seems to be written in as many variations as there are players) is easy to follow. If you have to pick one starting instructinal book, you will not go wrong with this one!
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Summary: The best bongo book out there!
Review: This is really the best book out there for the beginner bongo player. Lots of rhythms and exercises. And the CD is pretty good. For novice percussionists this book is best used in coordination with a music teacher that knows the feel of Latin grooves. Criticisms: The CD only has one bar of each rhythm so it's difficult to get the 'feel' of the rhythms with so little being played... that's why you need a teacher. This book + lots of practice = GREAT bongo playing!!!
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Summary: A must have for Bonga playing and enrichment.
Review: To get started this is your best bet.
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Summary: Not enough help for beginners
Review: While the rhythm variations are plentiful in this book, there is scarcely little helpful instruction describing technique. For a book that purports to introduce bongo playing, one would expect more than three pages of striking instruction and technique description. Photographs of individual techniques are limited to one page of vague, grainy, black and white photos. No illustrations or step-by-step technique descriptions are provided. The CD is nice, but without better description of the individual techniques, it proves but a frame for guesswork.
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