How to Make a Bongo Drum

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Tip 1 - How to Make Homemade Bongo Drums | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jeff Kohnle | permalink

Bongo drums are percussion instruments used in Latin American music. They are played in pairs, and each set of bongos consists of a macho (male) and hembra (female) drum tuned to different pitches. Bongos are played by hand and help keep the rhythm of dances consistent and quick. Make your own pair of homemade bongos.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_4857224_make-homemade-bongo-drums.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How To Make Mini Bongo Drums!

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Christy Cheray | permalink

These little drums are really cool and very easy!

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Mini-Congo-Drumbs/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Mister Maker - Bongo Drum

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Adra Barnett | permalink

Watch this video to find out how to make your very own bongo drum.

For further reading: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/mister-maker-bongo-drum ^[3]

Tip 4 - Make Your Own Percussion Instruments

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Patrik Granholm | permalink

A few years back, while giving a presentation on homemade musical instruments at the University of Washington, Dr. Craig Woodson created a masenqo—a single stringed violin from Ethiopia—out of dental floss, a Styrofoam box, a plastic tube, and some chopsticks. “There was an Ethiopian woman in the audience, and she got up and walked out of the room,” he remembers. “I thought, oh my gosh, I’ve insulted this woman! But then she came back in and her eyes were wet with tears, and she said to me, ‘I had no idea when you started to play that very simple instrument, that it would take me home.’”

For further reading: http://makingmusicmag.com/make-your-own-percussion-instruments/ ^[4]