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Author Topic: Cajon,Bongos,Congas,Djembe..Someone explain the difference?  (Read 1276 times)

Offline tylernator

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hey everyone...im wanting too get more into latin percussion...but i really dont know the difference in this instruments...so can someone give me a run down on the sounds you get out of em..thx alot..peace!!

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Cajon,Bongos,Congas,Djembe..Someone explain the difference?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2005, 11:04:41 PM »
It is all about location. The Latin American area is the home of the Afro-Cuban music. The percussion instruments of this region are the Conga, bongo, timbale, and cajons. Be careful not to mistake Afro-Cuban with Brazilian percussion (music). The Brazilian family includes the panderio, repinique, tambourim, and surdo. Then we go to West Africa these instruments include the djembe, sabar, tama, and clay drum. When you are dealing with world percussion there are tons on top of tons of percussion instruments. What I have shared with you is not even the tip of the iceberg. I didnt bother you with the Middle-East percussion or the Eastern. It is very easy to get all of these mixed up. America is home of the Drumset  so a lot of the grooves that we play are borrowed from these regions and adopted to the drumset. Therefore the authenticity is sometimes lost. To  play the music better research the culture and find out how and why some of things  work  the way the do. A lot of these instruments have same sound I'll try to find some examples on the web and hook you up.  8)

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Cajon,Bongos,Congas,Djembe..Someone explain the difference?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2005, 10:39:19 PM »
hello Tylernator go to this web site www.LPmusic.com you'll find what you  need there

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Cajon,Bongos,Congas,Djembe..Someone explain the difference?
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2005, 10:39:33 AM »
Sorry about that I was in a rush, the web site is www.kitchatham.com Check out the media there 8)
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