Bongo Drumming with Trevor Salloum #1: The Martillo

This lesson focuses on the martillo which is the primary bongo rhythm in Afro-Cuban music. Trevor demonstrates son clave, slow martillo and fast martillo (with and without counting and clave).

Trevor is a best selling author with Mel Bay Publications including Fun with Bongos/CD , The Bongo Book/CD, Bongo Drumming:Beyond the Basics/CD, Afro-Latin Polyrhythms/CD, Afro-Cuban Rhythms Volume 1 & 2, Afro-Cuban Percussion Play Along CD/Chart and The Art of Bongo Drumming DVD.These are available at http://www.baysidepress.com/ or your local music store.

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Trevor Salloum demonstrates some conga marcha improvisation in Part 3 of this series.

Trevor is a best selling author with Mel Bay Publications including Fun with Bongos/CD , The Bongo Book/CD, Bongo Drumming:Beyond the Basics/CD, Afro-Latin Polyrhythms/CD, Afro-Cuban Rhythms Volume 1 & 2 and Afro-Cuban Percussion Play-Along. These are available at http://www.baysidepress.com/ or your favorite music store.

Trevor teaches primarily in Kelowna and Vancouver BC.

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[DjAntomattei]

Are you left or right handed?

[drumndance]

Right hand dominant

[Jonnsonyvaio]

At 3:28 you meant fast martillo with clave, no slow, please correct...

[drumndance]

Yes, at 3:28 it should read fast martillo, not slow. Thanks for the correction.

[drumndance]

Batchata music use the martillo and variations.

If you are having trouble getting a clean sound on 1 and 3 you maybe placing too much of your thumb on the skin and creating too much muffling effect. Armando often plays the martillo by placing only his left thumb nail on the skin. (See my DVD "The Art of Bongo Drumming". Also feel free to send me a video and I will take a look at your technique.

[omarmatos]

Smooth and nice. Very good teaching attitude.

[1967Edgardo]

what size are the bongo heads that your playing?

[iAmHARSON]

ah this reminds me of my ancestral african descent...

[meisrandomful]

Aw, this helped me so much but when i went to press like i accidently hit dislike :( im so sorryy stupid touch screens :(

[VRN31]

Hi, I watched a couple of other video and the player were "playing" with their left hand too while here it seems to me you are doing something different?! is it just your personal choice or are there any reasons?

[JessicaMeadus1]

cool

[BlackAngusYoung]

The water buffalo skins on my entry-level (?... $80) bongos seems dry. Is there a certain oil for them? I have lem-oil guitar fretboard conditioner as well as valve and slide oil for trumpets at my disposal, if they're any good.

I've read that just playing them with handcream on is good. Any ideas?

[71hoovercorrea]

drumdance very helpful im a bongo player my self , hopo to see more of your videos!

[SecretAgentDan78]

great video! sweet chops

[lphoenix]

I like the sound of these bongos but I can't make out the logo really. What kind are they?