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| Audio CD Index | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Brief History | |
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| Notation Key | |
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| Conga Sizes | |
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| Tuning | |
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| Playing Positions: Sitting and Standing | |
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| Let's Get Started | |
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| Your Hands | |
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| The Sounds | |
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| The Open Tone | |
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| The Muted Slap | |
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| The Open Slap | |
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| The Heel-Fingers Motion | |
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| The Bass Tone | |
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| The Muffled Tone | |
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| Basic Notation | |
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| Note and Rest Values | |
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| Basic Reading Exercises | |
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| Sound Developing Exercises | |
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| Open Tones | |
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| Muted Slaps | |
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| Bass Tone | |
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| Heel-Fingers Motion | |
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| Open Slaps | |
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| The Clave | |
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| Son Clave | |
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| Rumba Clave | |
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| 6/8 Clave | |
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| Preliminary Exercises | |
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| Conga Drum Patterns | |
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| Patterns from Cuba | |
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| Patterns from Puerto Rico | |
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| Patterns from Santo Domingo | |
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| Pop, Rock, R&B, and Funk | |
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| Pop, Rock, R&B, and Funk Patterns for One Conga | |
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| Drum Set and Congas | |
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| The High School Band | |
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| Independence Exercises | |
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| Mis Tres Hijos Play-Along | |
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| Additional Credits | |
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| Reference | |
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| Available from Richie | |
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| Spanish Translation: Texto En Espanol | |
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| Audio CD Index | |
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| Notes and Their Values, Ex. 1-7 | |
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| Notes and Rests | |
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| Eighth Notes and Rests | |
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| Quarter & Eighth Notes and Rests | |
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| Sixteenth Notes | |
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| One Eighth & Two Sixteenths | |
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| Two Sixteenths & One Eighth Note | |
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| Dotted Eighth-One Sixteenth | |
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| Triplets | |
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| Combining Quarters, Eighths, Sixteenths | |
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| Combining Quarters, Eighths-Sixteenths One-Eighth | |
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| Adding Two-Sixteenth-One-Eighth, Three Rests | |
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| Adding the Dotted Eighth-One-Sixteenth | |
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| Adding Triplets & Rests | |
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| 6/8 | |
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| 5/8 | |
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| 7/8 | |
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| Open Tone, Ex. 1-5 | |
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| Slaps, Ex. 1-5 | |
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| Bass Tone | |
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| Heels Fingers | |
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| Open Slaps | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 1 | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 2 | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 3 | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 4 | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 5 | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 6 Old Tumbao | |
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| One Conga, Ex. 7 Contemporary | |
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| Two Congas, Ex. 8 Adding the Tumba | |
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| Two Congas, Ex. 9 | |
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| Two Congas, Ex. 10 | |
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| Challenge Exercise (all exercises in succession) | |
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| Patterns Cuba, Ex. 1 | |
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| Patterns Cuba, Ex. 2-Variation 1 | |
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| Patterns Cuba, Ex. 3-Variation 2 | |
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| Patterns Cuba, Ex. 4-Variation 3 | |
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| Patterns Cuba, Ex. 5-Variation 4 | |
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| Bolero, Ex. 6 | |
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| Guajira, Ex. 7 | |
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| Songo, Ex. 8 | |
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| Songo Variation, Ex. 9 | |
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| Guaguanco 3/2, Ex. 10 | |
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| Puerto Rico Plena, Ex. 11 | |
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| Puerto Rico Bomba Xica, Ex. 12 | |
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| Puerto Rico Jibaro, Ex. 13 | |
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| Puerto Rico Salsa, Ex. 14 | |
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| Puerto Rico Bomba Holandes | |
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| Santo Domingo Merengue Patterns | |
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| Merengue with Stick | |
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| Merengue Accompaniment to the Tambora Part | |
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| Merengue Ex. 2 and 3 Parts Together | |
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| Merengue Ex. 2 Conga Accompaniment to the Tambora | |
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| Merengue Variation | |
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| Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 1 | |
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| Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 2 | |
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| Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 3 | |
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| Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 4 | |
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| Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 5 | |
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| "Fields of Gold" w/Congas | |
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| "Fields of Gold" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "La Vida Loca" w/Congas | |
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| "La Vida Loca" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "If You Had My Love" w/Congas | |
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| "If You Had My Love" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Sex Machine" w/Congas | |
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| "Sex Machine" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Unchain My Heart" w/Congas | |
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| "Unchain My Heart" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Two Hearts" w/Congas | |
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| "Two Hearts" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Give Up the Funk" w/Congas | |
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| "Give Up the Funk" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Disco Groove" w/Congas | |
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| "Disco Groove" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Seven Days" w/Congas | |
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| "Seven Days" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Homemade 7" w/Congas | |
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| "Homemade 7" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "High School" Swing Groove | |
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| "High School" BeBop Groove | |
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| "High School" Rock & Roll Groove | |
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| "High School" Shuffle Groove | |
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| "High School" Sixteenth Note Funky Groove | |
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| "Perc Independence" (Tumbao One Drum) | |
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| "Perc Independence" (w/Cowbell) | |
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| "Perc Independence" (w/Shaker) | |
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| "Perc Independence" (w/Tambourine) | |
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| "Mis Tres Hijos" w/Congas | |
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| "Mis Tres Hijos" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Guajira Pa Lissete" w/Congas | |
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| "Guajira Pa Lissete" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Gozando Y Caminando" w/Congas | |
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| "Gozando Y Caminando" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "El Meneito" w/Congas | |
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| "El Meneito" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Sabroson" w/Congas | |
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| "Sabroson" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Techno Me" w/Congas | |
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| "Techno Me" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Full Moon" w/Congas | |
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| "Full Moon" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Shoe On Me" w/Congas | |
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| "Shoe On Me" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Faldo" w/Congas | |
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| "Faldo" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Lenny Kravitz" w/Congas | |
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| "Lenny Kravitz" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Lou Kev" w/Congas | |
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| "Lou Kev" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Symfonico" w/Congas | |
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| "Symfonico" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
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| "Rock Ya" w/Congas | |
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| "Rock Ya" wo/Congas (play-along) | |