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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) | |