Conga Drumming Muff Sounds

Video Transcript

"Part of the sound development on the conga drum also deals with the muff. A muff is where there's no tone, it's a muffled tone or a sound. And how that is done is by pressing into the drum. So I'll show you from tone to muff. Here's your tone, here's a muff. Alright, so we have a tone and a muff by pressing. You press with all your fingers into the drum. It's kind of like a dip sound. Dip, dip, boo bah dip. Right hand. Press. Let's put together the tones and the muffs. Alright? You practice that. That's part of the sound development on the conga drum, going from muff to tone and back. So let's add now a slap with the muff and the tone. Now the other part of sound development is the bass. That's done by striking with the palm area of your hand. Not with the fingers necessarily on the drum. And it's struck in the middle of the drum, in the center area of the conga drum. So you get that heavy bass sound. Now you don't come in like this, you can kind of drop your palm into the drum, like so. Alright? Now, sound development once again, tone, muff, slap, palm. Basic sounds. Alright? You have four basic sounds, you have your tone, muff, slap and palm."