Authentic Bongo Rhythms: A Complete Study: Contains Illustrations Showing the Current Method of Playing the Bongo Drums and All the Latin Rhythms Paperback – September 1, 1996

Bought as a gift for my nephew who is in to music; anything like drums and bongos! He loved this!

This book is an OK resource if you are looking for something a little better than basic, but not too advanced. I liked that it was availble for my Kindle which is why I bought it. The book takes up a lot of space explaining the roots of the rhythms( a little too much in my opinion), but it does a good job of showing them written down. Just be aware that you will be getting a lot of the history of the rhythms. Overall, a good learning tool for anyone looking for a bongo specific book as there are not very many of those out there it seems.

this book is very helpful if you are a beginner. it is very detailed and user friendly

Confusing for a beginner. While the author ✍️ covers myriad rhythms, I found it frustrating to follow and practice. An accompanying DVD might make this book 📕 more useful. I am returning it.

Arrived used when I bought new. Info is outdated and impossible to interpret. Missing info makes it impossible to understand

This book presents about twenty rhythms for bongos, but in a very concise manner and the classical musical notation which does not show which types of strokes are used - you have to figure out the fingering yourself. This book is not an instructional material - I guess it is meant for intermediate bongo player as a reference to quickly look up basics of rhytms he is less used to.However, this is a reprint of rather old material and does not include newer developments in latin music such as the songo.In my opinion, beginners would be far better off by paying slightly more for the "Bongo Book" by T.Salloum which also includes a CD of examples, or his second volume "Beyond Basics" which also features playalong tracks.

The compilation of rythms by Evans is displayed in a clear and appropriate manner. The rythms are suitable to both an advanced and the aspiring bongo drummer. An excellent set of skills to add to your repetoir!

not for the faint-of-heart. way over-priced: 16 2-sided pages plus front and back cover, about an 1/8 of an inch thick for $10.95?printing/layout looks pretty amateurish.Alfred Publishing puts out a LOT of great instructional material for all kinds of instruments. They missed the boat with "Bongo Rhythms"; it does not compare favorably with their other material.I am a music instructor of several instruments, including beginning and intermediate snare and drumset. Reading printed rhythms is nothing new to me - this material would scare the bejeebers out of a beginner or early intermediate musician working on their own.Unless you are an advanced reader of rhythms, or have an advanced player/instructor working closely with you, my guess is you'd find this very frustrating to work with.