by Snake » Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:03 pm
I have seen that the standard setup for playing congas is using 2 drums. Probably 60% of what I run across on the net shows this setup. The other popular setup is the 3 drum arangement. The less frequent arangements are the 4 and 5 drum setups.
On LP's website, they have photos and videos of artists like Raul Rekow playing 5 piece conga sets. The sets they are using only come in 3 sizes so my question is, if you are going to play a larger setup, what of the 3 sizes would you duplicate to get a 5 piece setup? For that matter, how would you arange them then as a 5 piece starting with the main drum in front of you - what size would that drum be?
I ask this because I don't own any conga's yet but am very comfortable with a standard drum set with a double bass and both mounted and floor toms, so a larger setup of 5 congas looked familiar to me. Of course the physical limitations of arm reach and the dynamics of conga play obviously don't require more than 2 drums according to the players who contribute on this board, but I thought it woud be an interesting hypothetical question to get your opinions on.
Thanks for reading my post,
Snake