Timba on Congas - For Beginners

[RedJacobin]

Those are some of the sickest drums ive ever seen/heard. Who made those?

[MsLavay]

Gracias Maestro!

[ralph00777]

Rudy you the best bro..thx...

[OneDrumBum]

Some of the best, comprehensive, informative, clear and concise conga lessons out there right now. Muy Bien

[djelbarrio]

thanx

[BrunoAllard]

Hello Rudy,

Do you have a particular reason for playing the first tone in Timba with your left hand. It seems awkward. Is it to facilitate improvisation and ghosting?

Bruno.

[BrunoAllard]

Rudy,

Do you have a particular reason for playing the first tone on the left hand? It seems less awkward to play it with the right hand. Is it to facilitate improvisation?

Bruno.

[LambdaLuv]

Rudy

Thanks you are fantrastic. I am learning so much. Timba are the hits

BSSSBSOO BSSSSSOO am I getting that right?

Hands LLRRLLRL LLLRRLLL

Thanks Keep it up

God Bless

Lolly

[TheCencerro]

tremendo, estilo

[borysite]

This's a lot work for good thank

[VicV1122]

im a beginner, i play at my church and i was wondering if you had any tips on improvising on a song depending the style of the music... thanks god bless

[rqshquesada]

@VicV1122 - there are many down beat patterns that you can play. I play in a church band too and I too don't always try to play latin in Gospel.

[maguzzy]

@rqshquesada great tutorial. Do you know any timba patterns on the tims?

[EJRodriguez58]

Rudy great work, very clear explanation and very cool pattern Thanks for the great lesson.

[rqshquesada]

@EJRodriguez58 - Thanks alot.

[jok3r0829]

hey i´ve been watching your videos and they´ve been helpful thanks i was wondering if u can show how to play bossa nova

[rqshquesada]

@jok3r0829 - Sure someday if I have more time there will be more for me to teach.

[mynamisalf]

i like your teaching style. and you have good sound on your congas. thanks a lot, i'll work on this one it's nice and free.

[fausto412]

i always wandered how they did that on all my old salsa songs.

[fausto412]

do you have to be a trained musician to learn how to play these drums?

[PlanetBongoSan]

you don't have to be a trained musician to start buddy! you just need some drums to practise on. the basics are all here on youtube, just look around, plus there are plenty of books available. best way though is to find a good teacher in your neighbourhood. enjoy!

[rqshquesada]

No you don't have to be a trained muscian. I have to be a trained teacher to help you learn. -rq

[ratecoudo]

and he knows how to explain that also .

[rojopercussion]

so timba can be used on titles as oye como va for example ??

[MetroWord]

for my question i meant "one drum" not "one drup". is everyone seeing/hearing it on one drum as bass slap slap muff bass muff open open? i'm new to conga and sometimes i'm not 100% on the exact tones I hear/see in vids. thx!

[OneDrumBum]

Nice Lesson! Thanks.

[urns100]

te admiro hermano!! que buena obra de tu parte subir tus conocimientos

[1019drummer]

great..........cool brkdown.

[trickymo]

thats very helpful!!

thanx

[MysticRoots10]

muy bueno hermano... lindo ritmo... saludos de argentina...

[Padredequatro]

The lessons are great! Man, I wish u could have posted these 25 years ago when I first started messing around with percussion. I'd probably be five times better than I am now, and I ain't that good. Thanks man.

[rqshquesada]

Lol - this comment cracks me up.

[Firstone12]

This really adds a groove and thank you for sharing.

I liked what you said about playing from the heart.

[Firstone12]

thank you so much for your work. It's really appreciated.

And A Merry Christmas

[rumba619]

Hey bro, i liked the way you broke it down very nice keep coming with the videos

[micandombe]

desde argentina gracias por todo lo que aportas a los que nos gusta la percusion

[latinrayas]

muy buenos ritmos

yo soy de veracruz, mexico

me gusta la percussion

y en mi opinion estan muy buenos

tus videos. felicitaciones!!

[trivursio]

Good stuff, appreciate you taking the time to put it up.

[rossolinda]

Thank you for your demonstrations. I like to try it on my djembe. It makes a lot of fun for me. I am a beginner but I think your lessons are simple and good explained so that everybody can work with it. I have just bought a nice set of bongos and hope I can learn most of your rhythms soon. You are really doing a great job. Greetings from Germany

[latejamz]

I think your technique of teaching is very simple to understand and follow, my only problem is i'm left -handed so if on your next video you could set the camera directly in front of tou you'll be helping a lot of left-handed players. i'm not a beginner, however you make it very simple. great job and keep the lessons coming. you're doing a great thing for a lot of people and we apreciate it. thanks.

[denskione]

This is put together very nicely. Good job!!!