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Conga Drumming: A Beginner's Guide to Playing With Time W/ CD
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780963880109
Edition: Beginners
ISBN: 0963880101
Label: Dancing Hands Music
Manufacturer: Dancing Hands Music
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 159
Publication Date: 1994
Publisher: Dancing Hands Music
Release Date: July 25, 1996
Studio: Dancing Hands Music
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Editorial Review:
This book will teach any musician, step by step, how to play the conga drum using authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms: calypso, bomba, conga, rumba and bembe. The clear text, life-like illustrations and simple charts make learning to play these beats easy, even for non-musicians. The player can hear all 175 rhythms in the book on the included CD.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Doesn't use standard notation
Great Conga book. Was recommended to me by others. The only thing that I don't like about this books is that it doesn't use standard notation.
Rating: - Excellent introductory book
I found this book invaluable for learning the basics of conga drumming without a teacher. I used it for several months before hitting my first conga class, and was really glad I had worked with the book. I was able to pick up right away with the rest of the class on several of the rhythms. However, I will warn anyone using the book that this drumming world is steeped with "variations". That is, you'll frequently find that your teacher is using a slightly different variation than the one taught ... Read More
Rating: - Almost everything you'd ever need to play conga
This book is extremely readable and it teaches you terrific grooves right from the get-go. I'm a pianist who has decided to learn some percussion and I am having a blast learning to play the conga. Even my non-musician girlfriend has learned some of this stuff!
Rating: - Love the book; like their notation
I agree with all the other reviewers... this is a great book for beginners and advanced (as well as folks somewhere in the middle, like me).
One thing I didn't expect to like, since I can read regular music notation, was their concocted music notation. To my surprise, I like theirs better. It's very intuitive, and after a while, you can pretty much sight-read the rhythms. If I hear/see a conga pattern I like in the future, I'll probably write it down using their notation.
Rating: - Very clear and simple way of learning the Congas
Very recommended! I think Alan Dworsky used a very clear graphic way of teaching the Conga playing, without getting into music reading instead, he uses symbols for the diferent strokes, and easy numbers. It is great for begginers but stil a good book for advanced players, because it goes through many aspects of the conga.
If you are into conga playing, get this book for the price of half a conga lesson I am sure you will get some mileage out of it. I have been playing congas for years and I discovered ... Read More
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