Mel Bay Publications

Destined to become a classic, School of Bongo is the author's fourth bongo book for Mel Bay, but first to seriously explore a variety of bongo patterns in contemporary music. This text begins with the basic Afro-Cuban patterns (Martillo , Afro, Bolero), but demonstrates over 300 rhythms including jazz, blues, rock, R&B reggae, bossa nova and samba. This book is ideally suited for the intermediate-advanced player. Rhythm patterns are demonstrated on audio CD and audio downloads.

Strokes
Flams
Fills
Multiple Drummers
Musical Genres
Practice Routines
Martillo
Afro
Bolero
Blues
Blues Shuffle
R & B
Jazz
Rock
Samba
Bossa Nova
Reggae