SUGGESTED LISTENING PLAYLISTS

CURATED COLLECTIONs of our FaVORITE RECORDINGS


COURSE PLAYLISTS

Congas 101 & Conga Fundamentals Courses

Tracks to work on your Tumbao playing at comfortable tempos in an Afro-Cuban Context:

Tumbao Pattern Afro-Cuban Playlist

Tracks to work on your Hand to Hand patterns and Tumbao in a Pop/Funk/R&B Context:

Hand to Hand Grooves and Tumbao Pop/Funk/R&B Playlist

Conga Groove Toolbox Course

Conga Soloing 101 Course

Tracks to study quinto language at moderate tempos:

Moderate Tempo Quinto Playlist

Tracks featuring some of our favorite old school conga solos:

Medium Tempo Conga Solos Playlist

Up Tempo Conga Solos Playlist

Cha-Cha Tempo Conga Solos Playlist

Bongos 101 & Bongo Fundamentals Courses

Tracks to work on your Martillo at a moderate tempo:

Bongos 101 Martillo Playlist

Tracks to work on your Pop/Funk/R&B Patterns from the Bongos 101 Course:

Bongos Pop/Funk/R&B Playlist

Tracks to work on your Old School Bongo Language:

Old School Salsa Bongo Language Playlist

Tracks to work on Early Modern Bongo Language:

Early Modern Salsa Bongo Language Playlist

Timbales 101 & Timbal Fundamentals Courses

Tracks to work on your Cha-Cha-Cha Groove from the Timbales 101 Course:

Timbales Cha-Cha-Cha Playlist

Tracks to work on your Pop/Funk/R&B patterns:

Timbales Pop/Funk/R&B Playlist

Tracks to work on the Guaguancó Pattern from the Timbale Fundamentals Course:

Timbales Guaguancó Pattern Adaptation Playlist

Tracks to work on the Cascara and Contracampana Patterns:

Timbales Cascara and Contrcampana Playlist

Timbal Groove Toolbox Course

GROOVES SECTION PLAYLISTS

Conga Grooves

Timbal Grooves

Tracks to work on a variety of different rhythms from our Timbale Grooves section:

Backbeat Pattern Playlist

Creando Pattern Playlist

Double-Bell Pattern Playlist

Merensongo Pattern Playlist

QUICK-TIP LESSON PLAYLISTS

Conga Quick-Tip Lessons

Tracks to work on many of the different two drum patterns we’ve covered in the series:

Fills and Variations Playlist

MASTERCLASS SECTION PLAYLISTS

Marc Quiñones Masterclass

Gilmar Gomes Masterclass

Chino Díaz Masterclass