Conga Course for Nowadays Music

Explore four conga technique exercises in this introduction: the wave, the pyramid, a basic heel-tip warm-up, and the Rolando Salgado exercise.

Learn the wave warm-up on the conga, building speed from bass to open tone, slap, and muted sounds. Practice a wave figure with hands warming up the skin.

Learn the conga pyramid exercise, sequencing bass, open, and slap notes at regular, double, and triple speeds; then alternate third and fourth speeds to improve inner speed and rhythm.

Master a basic heel-tip warm-up for drumming, alternating heel and tip to produce full bass and fingertip slap sounds, then progressively double and triple rhythms across four-beat patterns.

Explore the Rolando Salgado technique exercise, a percussion warm-up from Afro-Cuban All-Stars, demonstrated step by step and looped at slow to fast tempos.

Explore a recap of key conga technique exercises, including the wave, the pyramid, a basic heel tip warm-up, and the Rolando Salgado exercise.

Master rhythms for nowadays music by exploring samba, tumbao, funk, a caballo, and learn ghost notes, fills, and tricks step by step across pop, rock, soul, hip hop, electronic.

Explore the samba groove by building an atabaque-inspired rhythm on two congas, adding batucada surdo patterns, ghost notes, and expressive licks for versatile electronic and latin-inspired music.

Learn samba practice at 80 bpm, using synchronized video and audio playback to build rhythm and timing.

Practice samba rhythm at 100 bpm using video and audio playback to count one, two, three, four.

Learn samba practice at 120 bpm using synchronized video and audio playback to develop rhythm and timing.

Explore the Cuban tumbao, also called marcha, develop it at different speeds, and apply variations to create a salsa pattern suitable for pop and electronic music.

Practice tumbao rhythms at 80 bpm, counting one, two, three, four, using video and audio playback to improve timing in conga performance.

Practice tumbao at 100 bpm using video and audio playback to develop counting 1-2-3-4 and precise timing.

Practice tumbao at 120 bpm with video and audio playback, following a four-count rhythm of one, two, three, four.

Explore funk rhythm on conga inspired by drum set patterns, with ghost notes and variations that sustain the groove for ensembles and solo players in funk and soul.

Master funk rhythm at 80 bpm by practicing with video and audio playback, aligning movements and timing to groove within this conga course for nowadays music.

Develop funk rhythm by practicing at 100 bpm, using video and audio playback to count one to four and improve timing for conga music.

Practice funk conga rhythms at 120 bpm using video and audio playback in the conga course for nowadays music.

Discover the A Caballo rhythm, an all around beat for pop and electronic music, with or without ghost notes, including alternated sticking and variations learned in Cuba.

Practice rhythm and timing by counting 1-2-3-4 with a caballo at 80 bpm, syncing video and audio playback for conga players.

Practice a conga rhythm at 100 bpm with video and audio playback, following the one two three four beat for nowadays music.

practice counting four beats at 120 bpm while syncing video and audio playback to develop conga rhythm timing.

Explore conga technique exercises: wave, pyramid, heel warm-ups, and Rolando Salgado. Practice rhythms with ghost notes—samba, tumbao/marcha, funk, a caballo—for modern music, with variations and speeds.