Roland Handsonic Conga Basics - 1

Roland Handsonic HPD-20 Conga Drum Pattern 1

Total beats:8

Order to play:
1 - Left Heel
2. Left Toe
3. Right Open
4. Left Toe
5. Left Heel
6. Left Toe
7. Right - Tumba Open
8. Right Tumba Open

The conga drum is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels. Congas are traditionally used in Afro-Cuban genres such as conga and rumba, although they are now very common in some other forms of Latin music.

After defining your tones, slaps, and other sounds, playing congas is about the conga patterns. Some of the rhythms and conversations are traditional, while others are modern and improvised. So the question I've always asked is which conga patterns are the most important ones to know?

Conga drums were built for certain patterns, and Tumbao, a Cuban concept, is the most important one to know. Tumbao is the basis of several Cuban styles used in salsa music and timba, and it is one of the most adapted patterns in popular music like jazz, rhythm and blues, or rock 'n' roll.


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Roland Handsonic HPD 20 | CONGA

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