Archives for January 2010 | Percussion Conga Drums

Archive for January, 2010

How to learn Conga Solo Improvisation – video lessons

Filed Under : Advanced,Intermediate by Staff

Jan.25,2010

Entering in the percussion conga World means learning a lot about techniques, timings, rhythms… but when this seems to be comfortable, the real challenge begins… soloing, or improvisation, the art of creativity that meets preparation.

I found these 5 (five!) video lessons by Heinrich Klingmann (http://heinrichklingmann.com/) very useful to start playing with combinations that allow to prepare a set of “bullets” ready to be shoot during your improvisations. It’s a whole 45 minutes video lesson, starting with simple “around the beat”repetition and growing up, everything clearly explained and shown in action! So, get focused and happy practicing!!

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Where to get conga lesson in Cuba?

Filed Under : About Conga,Advanced,Beginners,Intermediate by Staff

Jan.22,2010

Where to get conga lesson in Cuba?
Where to learn conga drum in Cuba?

One of our readers contacted us with a good question:

I’m looking for information regarding taking drumming lessons in Cuba.
Could you please recommend a facility or person in Cuba that would offer a week or two experience?

Here are our advices… just continue reading!

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LP Compact Conga Giovanni Hidalgo video review

Filed Under : About Conga,Beginners by Staff

Jan.12,2010

This is a video introduction for the percussion conga LP Compact Conga “Giovanni Hidalgo”.

These congas are quite unique as they don’t have a shell, so they are easy to transport and… compact, as the name says! LP Compact Congas are available in 11” Quinto (LP825) and 11 3/4” Conga (LP826), with replaceable plastic skin fully tunable with 9 (quinto) or 12 (conga) bolts that hold the skin on a very solid, metal rim.

A nice stand for compact congas and bongos is available from LP, but I personally found more reasonable to save some money for conga lessons and get myself standard, 40 bucks snare stands like this very solid one:

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I think they are the best congas for beginners for 3 reasons…

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