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 Company : Djembe African Drums
Product Name : Bongo Drums
Brand Name :   Place of Origin : Ghana  
Unit Price : Negotiated   Price Terms : FOB      
Product Description :
Small pair of single-headed drums attached by a thick piece of wood, tuned high in pitch and played while held between the player's legs. Originally, the bongo's drum heads (skins) were tacked-on, but later a system of tuneable hardware was attached. Today's bongos are made of either fiberglass or wood. Emanating from the Changui and Son tradition as the original drum of these styles, they perform a combination of timekeeping pattern and improvised, rhythmic variation or counterpoint within an ensemble. The larger of the two drums is called the hembra and the smaller macho. In many parts of Cuba bongo is the name used for timbales.



Small double-drum played resting on the calves of a seated musician, called a bongosero. Its heads are tuned a fourth apart. Widely used in Cuban music of many sorts, especially the quartets and sextets playing sones, and an integral part of the salsa percussion section. In salsa, as in earlier string-based groups, the bongo tends to be played more ad lib than other drums and to provide a complex counterpoint to a number's main rhythmic pulse. The basic toque for the bongo, called the martillo, can be rendered onomatopoeicall- y as "Dicka-docka-di- cka-ducka."



Well-known percussion, frequently used. The little drums, fixed by two, are hold between the knees of the percussionist (bongocero) ; he plays in sitting position.



Small pair ofsingle-headed drums tuned high in pitch and played while held between the player's legs. Emanating from the Changui and Son tradition as the original drum of these styles, they perform a combination of timekeeping pattern and improvised, rhythmic variation or counterpoint within an ensemble. The larger of the two drums is called the hembra and the smaller macho. In many parts of Cuba bongo is the name used for timbales. drums, drum, djembe, african drum, african drum, kpanlogo, bogarabou, djembe drum

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