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Playing Congas
How to Tune a Conga
How to Set Up a Conga Stand
How to Hold a Conga with One Hand
Basic Bass Technique: Playing the Conga
How to Slap & Mute a Conga
How to Use a Paper Tuner on a Conga
How to Play a Latin Groove on the Conga
Playing a Latin Groove with Muting on a Conga
Playing a Latin Groove with a Paper Tuner
How to Play One Conga Drum
How to Play Two Conga Drums
How to Play Jazz Bass on Conga Drums
Tips for Playing with Latin Bands on Congas
Tips for Playing with Muted Congas
How to Play Conga Drums with Brushes
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Summary: The conga can be played yourself or with other people, as our expert conga player and percussion instructor explains in this free conga video tutorial.
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Conga drums have a sound all their own. Whether you are listening to Latin music or you are joining a jamming drum circle, congas bring rhythms to life. Not only are they extremely fun to play, conga drums make you want to get up and dance! Congas are a narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin. As an integral part of rumba and Latin music, the conga drum has a sound all of its own. Traditionally used in religious ceremonies, the conga has had many different names, and because of the creative techniques of playing the conga, this instrument can have a variety of sounds as well. As any conguero knows, this drum is one of the best percussion instruments.
In this free video series, learn how to play the conga. Our expert, Ryan Larson, teaches you everything you need to know to begin your conga playing. Learn how to tune and set up congas. Also, learn how to strike, slap, and mute a conga drum. Ryan even shows you some simple grooves to get you started. Learn how to play a jazz groove and a Latin groove on the conga. With these free music lessons, you can learn how to play the conga in no time!
"RYAN LARSON: So, today, we're going to go over the conga. We have all these different approaches. That's a muted approach. And we're going to go through and look at the different techniques for playing it. We're going to look at just playing with one conga, playing with two congas, playing with one conga with just a solo instrument, playing with an entire band. We're going to go over tuning and how to set up this stand appropriately 'cause if you don't set up your stand right, it's just going to keep falling on you. And actually, this stand isn't set up right as you can see. Actually, these guys are good. Well, we'll go through and show you some of the problems you'll have encountering the conga and just overall, a well-rounded approach to the instrument and how to play by yourself and with other people and get some simple, basic rhythms down."
eHow Article: Playing Congas
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Comments
terryfunk4life said
on 8/23/2009 could this guy suck any harder?
andykowal said
on 2/9/2009 I concur. I watched several of the videos in this set to see if he's serious or joking around, and he seems to be serious... but he has no idea what he's doing. Every comment he makes is useless at best, harmful at worst, especially to beginners. He is the polar opposite of an expert on congas. Please remove these videos!
secondline said
on 8/2/2008 This guy has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. It appears as if he has had no formal training of any kind and is just playing the congas any way he wants. He has no techinque whatsoever.
I would recommend to anyone out there to avoid these videos like the plague if you are looking to learn the congas. Expert Village should remove these videos from their site.