Dexterity and speed in bongos playing
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 3:33 pm
I am wondering how much speed and dexterity are critical/required to qualify as a capable bongos player, and to be able to competently play afro-cuban music with bongos.
These examples below are quite varied and I am sure there are plenty more, but all emphasize an extraordinary ability for speed, precision and dexterity. I suspect that these abilities are gained through life-long intense practice (for which, in my case the boat has long sailed away).
So here is a truly candid question:
to reach and achieve speed, precision, dexterity with bongos (maybe not like these examples, but as much as possible along these lines), is that required for being considered a good (or decent) bongos player ?
These examples below are quite varied and I am sure there are plenty more, but all emphasize an extraordinary ability for speed, precision and dexterity. I suspect that these abilities are gained through life-long intense practice (for which, in my case the boat has long sailed away).
So here is a truly candid question:
to reach and achieve speed, precision, dexterity with bongos (maybe not like these examples, but as much as possible along these lines), is that required for being considered a good (or decent) bongos player ?