5 Conga Patterns Every Drummer Should Know

Excellent teaching! Jesus gave you a great purpose! You are a blessing!

great stuff thanks! whats the song your paying along to on the Bolero section?

Nice overvew. (For review?) thanks!

I have a request, but I don’t know if you’re willing to fulfill it. I was wondering if you could make a video on the pattern for Ay, Cosita Linda by Nat King Cole. I’m not even sure if a conga is playing or not 😂, but if it is, I would love to hear your take on it, and how to play it. Thank you.

Curious, why not just use one conga to play the patterns?

I have had about 15 years experience as a drummer.Having previously studied the instrument I mean kit drums, this new horizon is a new challenge like learning another instrument.Yes I might fast track learn due to my background, but always got something to sink my teeth into.I can say I am on a new learning journey.Keep up the tuition.

Spectacular drum licks

I've been drumming since 1972,today we're embarking on another project God permitting,but brother you've got Soul, I'm totally digging Your style 🎉 Keep up the good work 💯

Hey there!! Your videos are really helpful mostly for beginners who just start taking an interest to play conga. You're really amazing!!

Kevin!!! This is great!!!

-Zach Burd

this is amazing---unbelievably helpful--thank so much. godspeed to you and yours:)

Love your playing. I’m a drummer and just picked up playing Bongos while singing. Will subscribe

un miilon de gtacias !!!

Hello! I'm right-handed but I feel much more confortable to invert the movements on conga. My right hand does the slap and toe moviments easily. Can I keep this or should I try to invert the movements? Thanks for the lesson!

I STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY AFRICANS ARE POOR.

Tq very much teacher!!

Very good video. My granpa was from Borinquen and I've been looking into this stuff I know the sound of but now how it's made.
I will check your channel to see if you have already done this, but I would like to suggest:
You show the 2,3 and the 3,2 very clearly and slowly. But then you jump to a full on fast flow with two parts. As a novice it's hard to know what'$ happening.
If you haven't already, it would be great to slowly work up to that fast/pro part.
Exellent video and explation especially paying homage of how the musuc flower through the Caribbean and that African roots flow through much or our pop music today.
Right on bro. Thank you.

Super. Basics are important. Perfect demonstrated.

Yes!!!

you're a good conga player but there's no U in Colombia!

Great lesson. Simple a nd useful. Thanks a lot 👏👏👏

Very helpful. Just got a set of 3, and learning. Thanks

Thank you for the explanation and music notes. Just learned bongos now I’m new to congas. Do you have that music sheet available on your site by chance?

I was gifted a congo drum, but the top is trying to come off, how do i fix it.?

Just found you a video ago!!
Nice stumble. Great presentation.

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Hey there!! You’re videos are AMAZING! I play congas for a latin band but I am still so new to the percussion world. I have the rhythms down except for the 6/8 pattern and guaguanco! Do you have a video of how to do the really fast moves you do in between when playing 6/8? Is that just from practicing certain movements?

Thanks! Hungary ✋

Nice, you should try some Haitian Congo patterns as well.

I love congas and djembes; great explanations 👍😁

Great lesson 🙏 thanks

Nice

Whenever I hit my drums I tend to forget traditional patterns and just solo. But if I ever find myself playing congas for old-age cha cha dancers in a local scout hall I’ll reach back for your video

Good demo in latin music context; needs to go a bit slower however.

S - Slap - pofon jobb kézzel úgy, hogy közben a bal kéz a bőrt lefogja
T - Toe - ujj
O - Open Tones - nyitott hang úgy, hogy a bal kéz nem fogja le a bőrt
H - Heel - sarok, azaz a kéztő csukló feletti része

Okay what are they ?

thanks for your teaching clip.

Good tutorial video! Useful conga patterns!

Veo tú video y me dan ganas de empujarme un sánguche Cubano. ¡Cosa más grande de la vida, chico!

Just fantastic video and playing Kavin!! Thanks!

I love conga and I hate how this video makes me feel about conga

This mans invited to the cookout 🔥🔥🔥

its colombia not columbia

I only have one conga drum, and I can't afford another. Do you have some tips on how i can develop my studies and techniques on congas?

I noticed that most of the video the second drum is notated below the third line of the stuff, but in the Rumba Columbia it's notated below the second line of the stuff. Is that on purpose?

I'm trying to learn about conga in to use it in my arrangements. I'm not a percussion player and I'm sitting with this video and a MIDI keyboard trying to play those patterns in a VST instrument lol

What I feel like I'm missing is the understanding of what sort of rhythm or grooves goes which each. Where is the accented beats etc. I'm not very familiar with latin music and don't know a lot about claves...

I will suggest you make beat that one can sing to zoom people in

Why don't you make beats with it