Any of you guys play hand drums? Bongos, congas djembe's? I have done some acoustic stuff with bongos but have wanted to try the djembe. Not sure quite how they sound. I hear that they are very versatile. Input? Peace!








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in jazz band in for combo i sometimes use bongos and congas, and for acoustic band gigs i'll tote my bongos along with me.

hand drums to me are a lot more harder than the drumkit to play very well. once you get good they're extremely fun and exhibit a large amount of versatility on your part.
i've used a djembe before, in drum circles. you can get so many different sounds out of them just by pressing one hand against the head while playing it.








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I use djembe every now and again for acoustic gigs. There's a bunch of sounds you can get from them. You can press on the head and do a pitch bend, or you could "mute" the head for a nice "pop" and you can also smack it and let it resonate. You could get yet another sound by cupping your hand and hitting dead center on the head. The result is a resonant thump with some bass in it. My approach is to find at least three good sounds that I like, then fit those three sounds into where kick bass, hihat, and snare sould normally fit into a pattern. But I don't always do it that way. Some songs sound way better with a minimalist approach, doing very little. Yet some others sound better with a "conga" like approach, playing something similar to what you'd hear on the congas. I used to have some samples of me playing bongos and djembe on my myspace page, but I took them down. Let me know if you would like me to put them up or send them to you. They're in mp3 format. By the way, I've been reading your topics lately and you're covering a lot of good stuff. Keep it up man! Later!








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I use djembe every now and again for acoustic gigs. There's a bunch of sounds you can get from them. You can press on the head and do a pitch bend, or you could "mute" the head for a nice "pop" and you can also smack it and let it resonate. You could get yet another sound by cupping your hand and hitting dead center on the head. The result is a resonant thump with some bass in it. My approach is to find at least three good sounds that I like, then fit those three sounds into where kick bass, hihat, and snare sould normally fit into a pattern. But I don't always do it that way. Some songs sound way better with a minimalist approach, doing very little. Yet some others sound better with a "conga" like approach, playing something similar to what you'd hear on the congas. I used to have some samples of me playing bongos and djembe on my myspace page, but I took them down. Let me know if you would like me to put them up or send them to you. They're in mp3 format. By the way, I've been reading your topics lately and you're covering a lot of good stuff. Keep it up man! Later!

Thanks!! Will do! And yes I would dig hearing some of the djembe stuff if you get a chance. Peace Bro!








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