Conga Lesson #1 Conga Basics

Here is the first of several conga video lessons I will post.
This one explains the difference between the types of drums, the types of skins you can use, basic hand technique and the basic strokes.
The strokes discussed in the video are:
Heel Toe (palm fingers rocking motion), this should be considered as one stroke.
Slap (open and closed)
Open Tone
Palm dead stroke (also bass tone if in center of drum)
The drums are:
Quinto- small
Conga- medium
Tumba- large
Optional Drums are:
Super Tumba-very large
Nino-very small
The book discussed in the video is Advanced coordination for drum set and hand percussion. It is available from me at [email protected].
You can read more about it here:
http://www.acousticbarn.com/ricksperc...