Finally im posting chapter one!

This "book" is somewhat inspired by the George Lawrence Stones legendary snare drum exercise book "Stick Control."  I dont claim for my stuff to be on that level! But the approach is similar in that im looking at lots of different combinations of left, right, palm bass tip etc.

These exercises really helped me develop songo and tumbao variations on three and four congas.

The purpose of these exercises is to develop the dexterity to play and improvise on multiple drums, mostly in the salsa, son, songo and timba styles.  Conga players must develop a strong “marcha” or tumbao which involves hours of working on our “Palm-Tip” or “Heel-Toe” technique.  These exercises help us to develop the ability to easily vary our patterns, while maintaining the correct feel. 

Most of the patterns involve “Palm – Tip “ with the weak hand and combinations of slaps, tones, basses, and muffs with the dominant hand—but ideally we want to be flexible enough to play just about anything with either hand.

Please leave a comment !! Chapter two coming soon.

PLAYLIST:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRzNtfiHOT4&list=PLyeLS_ZvltWm2lNhVp4MscXvQvf0P8oqN