How to Play Conga Drums : Playing Conga Drums in Clave Rhythms

[ryanharrington86]

WHY ISN'T THIS GUY USING PAPER? YEARS OF CONGO TRAINING WITH PAPER ARE LOST, WHAT IS GOING ON, SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE THIS MAN A PIECE OF PAPER!!!!

[MagicAccent]

@ryanharrington86

And where the hell are the brushes? Also, I thought they were called Koongas... I'm so confused...

[TomBrooklyn]

Clave

ah ah ah ah ah...

COIK

[VLSmith66]

JC is the man. Know's his stuff and plays like it too!

[SimonHackett88]

Wow. Somebody on expertvillage who has some clue about music and technique.

[serenopiovoso]

Ma perchè non ti spari

[007tortuga]

You're the Best " Thank you for shearing the knowledge and God giving talents you have . God Bless "

[TheMrsrt8]

de donde eres

[JohnnyConga]

@TheMrsrt8 soy de Nueva York-"El Bronx" 

[Isntthisalreadytaken]

God, his slaps are fucking magnificent.

[EdgardQuintero]

nop do not remove them! it helps people to better undestand what you say!

thank you!

Hazme favor, en que le molestan a este wey las letras??

(((Gracias hermano')))) explicas muy facil.

[JohnnyConga]

Please remove the words from the screen...Thank you...Johnny Conga

[jocksh]

how can I remove the comments on this clip?? I need to see his hands!!

[AKASLOVERBOY]

talking too much inst?

[giaccobrazzi]

poser village

[Slaynyc]

This guy makes me want to slit my wrists.

Can you be any less enthusiastic?

[marleyjay01]

god bless my tumbas

[PublicRanting]

@pandaboymawi im 13 years old and this is easy

[pandaboymawi]

you teach good but i need a slow motion... cause i 13 years old to play this... so i can't catch up the sound....

[DMB0Fanatic]

what kinds of drugs does it take to do this?

[marleyjay01]

u little dummy

[underprog]

conga is not for me...

[mops63]

Ich find das super, wie Du das machst. It´s great and I can learn from you how to play conga.

[m333pm333p]

Your teachings are good, Thank you. However I don't for the life of me know why you would want to be associated with expertvillage. They make a mockery of the art or hand drumming and those interested in learning it.

[putin94]

Why not? He gets money from expervillage, we get better lessons. It is a win for both of us.

[laryrm]

the counting of the clave is 2,3,5 and 8 those are the number fot the two three clave..

[Ilovesalsa98]

actually it is 2,3,5,6+,8

[tziaee]

sounds great, can you tell us the counts on the congas corresponding with the counts on clave. I think you start the clave on beat 2 and I don't no the rest. thanks

[Rocker4lyf09]

omg.......sooooo boring

(falls asleep)

[davidarlette]

Got to watch it to the end, it's worth it once he gets going.

[ElIvan0545]

quien es el guey

[jesamani75]

@ElIvan0545 se llama johnny conga.

[revatuondaa]

muy bueno

[davemeyler]

Nice explanation, another good lesson, once you get the feel is the tap your foot to clave while you play the tumbao.

[ghana11233]

Good teacher. Keep it up. I love the simplicity of your style.

Africussion International, NYC.

[christratocaster]

again man, thank you so much... that singing the clave while playing... that is hard... do I need to be able to sign it outloud, or is it fine if I just know the tempo, and how it goes. I can think it, but its hard to sign it while playing it. once again.. thank you so fucking much

[rumbavladi]

I know JC well and he would probably tell you to try to sing it out loud or at least try to tap it with your foot but you need some kind of reference to stay in the groove