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World Percussion: Complete Lessons for Everyone
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World Percussion: Complete Lessons for Everyone

World percussion lessons taught by Grammy® artist Luis Conte. Learn congas, bongos, timbales & world percussion rhythms.
Created byOnline Music Lessons For Everyone
Last updated 11/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • Play many hand percussion instruments like the congas, bongos, timbale, shakere, cajon and many more.

Course content

4 sections • 55 lectures • 3h 53m total length

  • Introduction to Hand Percussion Basics1:10

    Meet Luis Conte and be introduced to the basics of world hand percussion

  • Learning the Conga (Basics)1:26

    Learn to have the best congas posture

  • Tuning the Congas2:48

    How to tune the congas

  • Hand Position: Congas1:47

    Learning to have the right hand position on congas.  It's easy to play the congas incorrectly and hurt your hand.  Luis teaches you how to play the congas with correct hand position.

  • Making Different Sounds on the Conga9:20

    How to make many different conga sounds are demonstrated and taught

  • Heel Toe Exercise8:09

    This very common congas rhythm is important to master

  • Congas
  • Introduction to Clave2:37

    How to play the clave

  • Clave on Congas6:09

    Learn to play the clave along with the conga

  • Basic Tumbao Pattern Conga5:52

    A new, basic conga rhythm or pattern.

  • Tumbao Variations Conga1:35

    Variations on the basic Tumbao pattern on conga

  • Combined Tumbao Variations Conga2:00

    Adding more combinations to the tumbao pattern variations on conga

  • Single Strokes Conga3:16

    Learning single strokes on the conga in world percussion

  • Triplet Exercise 1 Conga2:38

    Learn to play triplets on the congas

  • Triplet Exercise 2 Conga1:34

    Master the triplet rhythm on Conga

  • Double Strokes Conga2:56

    Learn to play double strokes on the congas in world percussion

  • BONGO posture3:03

    Learn the proper posture for playing bongos

  • Tuning the Bongos3:53

    How to tune the bongos

  • Bongo Quiz
  • Bongo Hand Position6:31

    Learn this important basic skill on Bongos: proper hand positioning

  • Bongo Exercises4:22

    Learn better bongo skills and bongo technique with these exercises

  • Basic Martillo Pattern - Bongos4:19

    An important, often used fundamental pattern for bongos, the Martillo

Requirements

  • You need to have any hand percussion instrument from congas, bongos and timbales

Description

Whether you are a lifelong player or just beginning to play, we have world percussion lessons that will improve your music skills quickly. Our beginner to advanced world percussion lessons cover everything from posture, basic percussion rhythms and common patterns through advanced percussion combinations & developing that all important groove. Popular world dance rhythms like salsa and merengue are demonstrated and taught. You'll find multi-camera lessons show you Luis's skills up close, so you don't miss an important move. We teach you everything you need to master these instruments: Congas, Bongos, Timbales and more! Each instrument has a beginner, intermediate and advanced level of percussion lessons.  Occasional quizzes are included. Taught by multi-Grammy artist Luis Conte.

Who this course is for:

  • Any level of hand percussion player, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced. There's plenty here for all ages and all skills.
  • People interested in learning to play world percussion or those who want to progress and learn from one of today's most celebrated percussionists.

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