Featured

Funky Conga Pattern Part One

340 Views

  • Thanks! Share it with your friends!

    You disliked this video. Thanks for the feedback!

admin
Published
In this two part series I continue exploring funky ideas for congas. This rhythm is derived from a basic drum set groove where the two and four accents (slaps in place of the snare for the backbeat) combine with open notes and ghost notes to create a poly rhythmic addition in a band setting.

The rhythm is:

L R LL R LL R LRL R LRL

The first, second and fourth R are basically a slap
Open notes can be put in place of the two LL or the L R
Switch it up and experiment.

Visit www.williamjohnsonmusic.com/lessons/ for more on this subject. Depending on when you are viewing this you may have to scroll down to find this lesson. I have included a photo of my written tablature for possible combinations.
http://williamjohnsonmusic.com/lessons/
Category
Funky