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Bongo Break

Breakbeat · style reference: Apache-style bongo break (Incredible Bongo Band era)

112 BPM4/4practice 85–118 BPM level 3ghost notes
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Cowbell
Snare
Tom high
Tom mid
Floor tom
Kick
Left hand
Right hand
1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a2e&a2e&a3e&a4e&aKick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Tom mid, bar 1, beat 1, R3Cowbell, bar 1, beat 1, R4Tom high, bar 1, beat 1, R2Cowbell, bar 1, beat 1, R4Snare, bar 1, beat 2, accent, L2Cowbell, bar 1, beat 2, R4Tom high, bar 1, beat 2, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 2, L3Cowbell, bar 1, beat 2, R4Kick, bar 1, beat 3, L3Tom mid, bar 1, beat 3, R3Cowbell, bar 1, beat 3, R4Tom high, bar 1, beat 3, R2Cowbell, bar 1, beat 3, R4Snare, bar 1, beat 4, accent, L2Cowbell, bar 1, beat 4, R4Tom high, bar 1, beat 4, R2Cowbell, bar 1, beat 4, R4Snare, bar 1, beat 4, ghost, L2Tom high, bar 1, beat 4, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Tom mid, bar 2, beat 1, R3Cowbell, bar 2, beat 1, R4Tom high, bar 2, beat 1, R2Cowbell, bar 2, beat 1, R4Snare, bar 2, beat 2, accent, L2Cowbell, bar 2, beat 2, R4Tom high, bar 2, beat 2, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 2, L3Cowbell, bar 2, beat 2, R4Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Tom mid, bar 2, beat 3, R3Cowbell, bar 2, beat 3, R4Tom high, bar 2, beat 3, R2Cowbell, bar 2, beat 3, R4Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Cowbell, bar 2, beat 4, R4Tom high, bar 2, beat 4, R2Cowbell, bar 2, beat 4, R4Snare, bar 2, beat 4, ghost, L2Tom high, bar 2, beat 4, R23342424234334242424223342424234334243242422

▲ accentshort bar = ghost note◆ grace note (hover for flam / drag / layer timing)● alt padfingering: L/R hand, 1 = thumb … 5 = little finger

131Crash
142Ride
153Shaker
164Cowbell
9QTom high
10WTom mid
11EFloor tom
12RRim
5AHi-hat
6SHi-hat alt
7DHi-hat pedal
8FHi-hat open
1ZKick
2XSnare
3CSnare alt
4VClap
Finger shown on each hit (R2 = right index)

Play-along

Everything plays.

Tempo trainer

90 → 112 BPM, +2 every 4 bars. Starts when you press Play.

Section chain

Build a custom order, e.g. Main ×3 → Fill 1 → Chorus ×4. Saved in this browser.

Shortcuts: Space play · ←/→ tempo · T tap · M click · L loop · [ ] section · G/P view · H pad chart · pads Z–V, A–F, Q–R, 1–4

Practice notes

One of hip-hop's founding breaks is built on bongos and cowbell over a simple kick and snare. Here the toms play the bongos: right hand on cowbell and bongos, left hand on kick and snare. Keep the cowbell straight and let the bongos bounce.

The style reference names an influence only; this groove is an original pattern.

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