How to play funk on congas; Learn A Funky Conga Pattern
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- When I want the slap to pop on the second beat while emphasizing the open tones, sometimes I play a pattern reminiscent of this one. In this video I break a cool funky pattern down note for note and give a couple anecdotes or rather, my philosophy on why I choose this type of pattern in certain contexts.
Here is a link to my funk congas playlist:
• Funk conga lessons
Link to practice log and journal book by Mark Powers:
www.amazon.com/Musicians-000-... - เพลง
Thank you , Very well explained.
Good stuff
Great tutorial mate, and nice vibes - I like it. Just one suggestion if I may - as a composer who's eager to compose for tracks that include world percussion, I'd really appreciate a score (in drum notation) visible on screen while you're practicing the pattern, in order to remember it better. It would help someone with a theoretical background like me but who doesn't (yet) have much practical knowledge about percussion (primarily a pianist and conductor). Something simple will do the job perfectly, for example one note with stem down for the low conga, and up stem for the higher tone conga. Kinda same as drum pattern are notated. Shouldn't take much time and will definitely help a ton to get the pattern right and compose for percussion as accurately as possible, before I can start to play myself ofc :) Cheers !
Hello! Thank you! I have thought about doing this for years. The main reason I have never done it is it being one extra step to finishing and publishing the video. These things already take forever to film and edit. I started adding written notation in links in the description but stopped. It’s a great suggestion. I will consider it. My college students seem to find it helpful and quite honestly so do I when I am learning from someone else. Thank you!
Dude! Thanks a million for the kind plug of my new practice log. You rock, sir!
My pleasure! Thanks for being an inspiration!
That’s right up my alley. Thx Amigo!!!
My pleasure! Thank you for watching!
Beautiful video! I'm new to congas and this was a great resource for me 🙏🏾. Also where did you get that turtle necklace I love it haha.
Thank you! This was one of my favorite videos to do! Thank you for commenting on my necklace! I have forgotten how many comments I have gotten on it, but you are the first to comment on TH-cam! I got it on ebay. If you search turtle necklace on ebay you will see some just like it. 😇🙏🏽
Thanks for sharing and breaking that groove down! Sounds like it'll fit really well with the song What's Going On, by Marvin Gaye :-)
Thanks for watching! For sure! It is a little different with the open tones at the end of the measure but pretty close to the groove on that song.