Tips for Playing Percussion Instruments : How to Play the Bongos

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Uploaded by on Jan 19, 2008

Learn tips and techniques for playing the bongo drums in this free percussion instruments video clip.

Expert: Lennon Leppert
Bio: Lennon Leppert is a film composer and songwriter. He has worked on projects produced by The Discovery Channel, The History Channel and The Learning Channel.
Filmmaker: Lennon Leppert

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  • Honestly, what is the deal with expert village? I don't mean to be a hater, but this is giving beginners bad information right at the start, and that's not cool.

    I sure hope expert village's videos on 'installing your propane tank,' and 'removing your appendix' involve actual 'experts,' because none of the music ones I've come across have been made by anyone who knows what they're talking about.

  • lol his name is Leonard Leopard?

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  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO why would you play them with timpani mallets?!!?!?! D: make him stopppp......

    seriously expert village... do you pick random people off the street, and get them to come up with a video for you based off of their findings on google? geeze...

  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO why would you play them with timpani mallets?!!?!?! D: make him stopppp......

    seriously expert village... do you pick random people off the street, and get them to come up with a video for you based off of their findings on google? geeze...

  • No! You have no idea.

  • Wrong. I am a Latin Percussionist with 23 years of percussion experience. The bongos are played with the hands and have their particular techniques associated with them. Their roots are possibly in the "Bonko Echemi" of the Abakua secret societies of Cuba. They are NOT classical instruments. They've been culturally appropriated by white classicists who have absolutely no idea how to play them or their background. I applaud their use outside Latin circles, but they're not played this way.

  • Where were the techniques?

  • soooo bad....

  • OK. The "How to play bongos" video in three sentences.

    1. Bongos are latin percussion intruments

    2. You can play them with your fingers, hands, mallets ar sticks.

    3. That's how you play the bongos.

    Really Expert Village? You never taught us "HOW TO" play bongons like the title advertised. You just regurgitated information everybody already knew. I will see you in hell Leonard Leopard.

  • you can also get another sound by hitting yourself in the head with the bongo.. I would do it for you if I was there, maybe next video..

  • wow!!! i cant believe what im seeing. he explains no technique or anything. he just bastardizes this. o my god, my god. blasphemy.

  • you have to see his rainstick video, its so funny

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