How to Play Bongo Drums: Basic Martillo for Beginners

Learn how to play the bongo drums in this video lesson. Firsttime hand drummers will practice the basic martillo rhythm and other beginner patterns and grooves. Practice playing on the Latin Percussion Bongo Drum: Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an AfroCuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed drums of different sizes. In Spanish the larger drum is called the hembra (female) and the smaller the macho (male). Together with the conga or tumbadora, and to a