Bachata bongo rhythms (Derecho, Majao, Mambo) Tutorial

Very often there are three different parts in a Bachata song. It starts with Derecho or Caminando, than the Majao part comes and sometimes they even have a Mambo part. In all of those parts the bongo and guira play different rhythms.
In this tutorial I will explain how you can play those rhythms on bongo and guira. For the Play Along videos and the notations you can join me on Patreon: / michaeldemiranda
/ michaeldemiranda.official

[@EdwardSanchez13]

Excellent, as a Dominican there is no better explanation than the one you have given. Thank you

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Edward! That is a great compliment!

[@sauhuynh5529]

Thanks very much. It help a lot!!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome and enjoy it!

[@user-gd9qj7mv1k]

michael teacher.. bongos is very tander.. thank you very so much..😊

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you!

[@karnienka]

Thank you so much, for me being a dance teacher this is highly informative!!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you and I wish you good luck with the Bachata!!

[@keithcollier5271]

I will become a patron

[@davidalen9279]

Marvelous. Thank you for sharing!

[@IvanStepaniuk]

Many thanks Michael for sharing your knowledge!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome, Iván!!

[@Tondyny]

Hey Michael, I am a bachata dancer and in order to improve my musicality, I am also learining about the rhytm and how it is played. This video is extremely helpful not only for the musicans but also for the dancers like me, because I can finaly understand, what is the basic structure for the three different patterns (derecho, Majao and Mambo). Thank you for the video! :))

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much! I have a student who plays in a bachata group and because of her I've learned much about bachata. I wish you good luck with it!

[@user-wc5pi4cy7w]

Michael "the Boss" de Miranda, baby :D

[@briancoyne8815]

Hi Michael, I really enjoy your teaching style on these videos. I appreciate the Spanish captioning so I can brush up…high school was muchos años pasados. Thank you!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Brian and enjoy it!!

[@user-ml4vb6qb3o]

Merci Merci beaucoup Grâce à votre tutoriel j'ai pu développer mon cours d’écoute musicale latino pour des danseurs en danse de couple. Merci de votrE savoir et votre enthousiasme. Elisa France

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Merci beaucoup, Elisa! I wish you all the best with your students!

[@nikhithajosh5425]

This is great! Thank you so much... Please do more videos like this...

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Nikhitha! You can find most these videos on my Patreon channel. You are welcome to check it out. I wish you good luck!

[@eddypierre6795]

Excellent !!!

[@flowfelizdance]

Thank you for this! Would love more Bachata related videos & variations

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much, Evi! More videos with Bachata variations and Play Along tracks are on my Patreon channel. If you want, you can check it out. I hope to see you there!

[@behrozdehdari5381]

This was great! Thank you maestro!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome and enjoy it!!

[@juliancro]

thank you for this useful lesson, I'm trying to make a bacata song and this will help me a lot, :-) please make a video what tone bongos are tuned, not only in bacata but in general, greetings from faraway Croatia

[@ezequielorue]

Genial Michael!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Saludos desde Argentina.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Muchas gracias, Ezequiel!!

[@NicknSuzSegura]

Thank you for explaining this rhythm

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome, Nick!

[@liubovshevchuk3356]

Love it! Thank you so much!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome, Liubov. Enjoy it!

[@Pirillo62]

Hi Michael. I'm new follower from Italy. Thank you very much for your videos

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Hi Oscar, nice to meet you. I wish you good luck and enjoy the videos!

[@evelyndieke]

Dankjewel! Mijn Dominicaanse man heeft net een paar bongo’s en we vonden deze tutorial! Ik had al zo’n vermoeden dat je Nederlands bent, maar je gevoel voor muziek lijkt wel latino 🤩 en wat superfijn dat er Spaanse ondertitels bij zitten!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Hoi Evelyn, ik ben inderdaad Nederlands, maar ook een beetje Latino. Ik kom eigenlijk uit Aruba en mijn familie is Zuid Amerikaans. Ik wens je veel plezier toe en de meeste video's met Spaanse ondertiteling vind je op mijn Patreon kanaal.

[@Chandradip]

Excellent explanation sir. Thank you

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much, Chandra!!

[@braulindisla-elburrodelaba5361]

Awesome

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you!

[@diegovaldesresendiz5700]

Really good video i think for people how is learnign musicality as a dancer or as musician! Awesome video this is a Jewel of video

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much, Diego, and good luck with it!!

[@wilmercastillosaucedo764]

Lo sigo hace más de 10 años🎉

[@antonmakhatilov8008]

Thanks a lot. It will be cool of you explaine how to do variations and staying in the style

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Hey Anton, You can find a video with Bachata variations here on my KZbin channel. And yesterday I posted a new video with more advanced variations in Bachata, but this video is only available on my Patreon channel. Check it out.

[@daveargall3454]

Very interesting. Cool!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Dave!!

[@user-lwlw]

long time no see 请接受来自中国的深情问候！ Please accept the affectionate greetings from China!

[@patriciadurigao9476]

Nice

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Patricia!

[@BAN8]

I am new to music so I do not really know much about the vocabulary. But is mambo not played in "triple tempo" after the first beat? Because you have 9 notes following and play them three times as fast.

[@maritwoudenberg615]

Really helpfull! Could you do also a explanation video about the bass gitar rhythms. I find it quite hard to hear it in songs. Best wishes!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Marit! I am not really a bassplayer, so the video about the bass rhythms, I have to leave it for somebody else.... sorry.

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[@Antonio-ti2he]

Thank you for the video. I do not see the play along. Where is it?

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Antonio. The Play Along videos are on my Patreon channel. I have about 300 different videos on my Patreon channel. www.patreon.com/MichaeldeMiranda

[@davidmanoukian3892]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@davidvergara2187]

Gracias. Es que el tempo 3 se toca igual que el 1er tempo ?

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Yes, sometimes these 3 rhythms are played in 1 song. So the tempo is the same.

[@davidvergara2187]

@@MichaeldeMiranda gracias

[@electric663]

Hi

[@MilanElan]

Excellent indeed. If you analyze and replay bachata riffs, you may want to check out Victor Victor (any album, famous song here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqikm6GabdapmLM) or Juan Luis Guerra's "Bachata Rosa" album.