《CONGA DRUMMING A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PLAYING WITH TIME》

1 Welcome to the drum7

2 How this book works8

3 A simple system of notation12

4 Learning to hit the drum using rhythms in four15

Introductory lesson：Choosing the right drum，tuning，playing position16

Lesson 1：Calypso high and middle drum parts and the open and touch19

Lesson 2：Conga high drum part and the slap26

Lesson 3：Rumba low drum part and the bass tone30

Lesson 4：Tumbao and the heel and toe34

Lesson 5：Calypso middle drum part extended38

Lesson 6：Bomba low drum part39

5 Bembe rhythms in six43

Lesson 7：Tumbao in six and the bass-toe44

Lesson 8：Bembe low and high drum parts46

Lesson 9：Bembe middle drum part and the drop48

Lesson 10：Bembe middle drum part variations49

6 The clave52

Lesson 11：The claves in tone-touch form54

Lesson 12：The claves in pure form and the calypso low drum part58

Lesson 13：The rumba clave in the palito patterns61

Lesson 14：Saying the claves and playing tumbao62

Lesson 15：The 2-3 rumba clave and conga65

7 Heel-toe patterns68

Lesson 16：The heel-heel-toe-toe pattern68

Lesson 17：Rumba middle drum part and variations70

Lesson 18：Learning to improvise using heel-toe patterns73

Lesson 19：The heel-toe-toe-heel pattern75

Lesson 20：The claves in heel-toe form78

8 Advanced rhythms in four80

Lesson 21：Cowbell parts for calypso，bomba，and conga80

Lesson 22：Bomba middle and high drum parts86

Lesson 23：Rumba low drum part variations and the muffled tone88

Lesson 24：Rumba middle drum part-tres golpes93

Lesson 25：Rumba quin to96

9 Advanced rhythms in six101

Lesson 26：The Afro-Cuban cowbell in six101

Lesson 27：A bembe conversation104

Lesson 28：Bembe middle drum part variations106

Lesson 29：3-Beat combination exercises109

Lesson 30：Heel-toe patterns in six112

Lesson 31：The abakwa115

10 Playing on two drums119

Lesson 32：Tumbao and songo120

Lesson 33：Tumbao to songo and back122

Lesson 34：Rumba tres golpes124

Lesson 35：Integrating tumbao，songo，and rumba127

Lesson 36：Tone-slap bembe-part 1130

Lesson 37：Tone-slap bembe-part 2133

11 Interweaving four and six136

Lesson 38：Four against six136

Lesson 39：Tone-slap bembe-part 3141

Lesson 40：Tone-slap bembe-part 4143

Lesson 41：The abakwa against four and the cowbell in six148

Lesson 42：Implying a six in songo and rumba150

Lesson 43：Cycles of four against cycles of six152

12 Sources for further study158

13 Index of rhythms159

Also available from Dancing Hands Music160