by jmdriscoll » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:42 pm
I have a decent sized collection of books related to playing congas and bongo. One of the books that I have had for years, but have never done myuch with is "Conga Drumming - a beginners guide to playing with time. - by Alan Dworsky" Maybe because a lot of patterns are geared toward multiple players with seperate quinto, conga and tumba parts, and up until recently, I have never had a practice partner and have always practiced alone. It covers a few multi-person patterns such as guaguanco rumba, 6/8 bembe's, bomba, etc..
Has anybody had any experience with the rhythms in this book? Good, bad? Accurate or close to the true style of multi-person playing?
M
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