How to Use a Paper Tuner on a Conga

Video Transcript

"RYAN LARSON: Now, we're going to go over untraditional technique which I have stumbled upon in my endeavors which is called paper muting. And using thicker paper works better but it gives a good tuning effect. Especially if you're just playing one conga and you want to get more sounds or varied sounds out of the instrument, you can take a thick piece of paper and as you move it over it, you get different tones. So, I can go--so say, you only have one conga and you want to get the--you can just use your paper. And you can use it as a muting too which might be hard on a windy day. But still it gives you that same effect like you have two congas or say you want it three. The only thing is is it takes up one hand so it does limit a little bit as much rhythms as you can play but it still gives you that cool effect which is very useful and very good to have in the back of your mind. So, just another thing to add to your bag of tricks as you approach the congas."