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:
Conga Groove Toolbox Course
Tracks to work on the grooves we learned in each lesson of this course:
Lesson 1 - Martillo Adaptation Playlist
Lesson 2 - Motown Conga Groove Playlist
Lesson 3 - Tumbao Patterns Playlist
Lesson 4 - Merengue Pattern Playlist
Lesson 5 - Makúta Pattern Playlist
Lesson 6 - Bomba Sicá Pattern Playlist
Lesson 7 - Rumba Guaguancó Pattern Playlist
Lesson 8 - Baião Pattern Playlist
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:
Bongos 101 & Bongo Fundamentals Courses
Tracks to work on your Martillo at a moderate tempo:
Tracks to work on your Pop/Funk/R&B Patterns from the Bongos 101 Course:
Tracks to work on your Old School Bongo Language:
Old School Salsa Bongo Language Playlist
Tracks to work on Early Modern Bongo Language:
Timbales 101 & Timbal Fundamentals Courses
Tracks to work on your Cha-Cha-Cha Groove from the Timbales 101 Course:
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:
Timbal Groove Toolbox Course
Tracks to work on the grooves we learned in each lesson of this course:
Lesson 2 - Cha-Cha-Chá Variations Playlist
Lesson 3 - Cascara Variations Playlist
Lesson 4 - Contracampana Variations Playlist
Lesson 5 - Funk Patterns Playlist
Lesson 6 - Bomba Sicá Playlist
Lesson 8 - Bembé in 6/8 Playlist
Lesson 10 - Guaguancó Playlist
GROOVES SECTION PLAYLISTS
Conga Grooves
Tracks to work on a variety of different rhythms from our Conga Grooves section:
Timbal Grooves
Tracks to work on a variety of different rhythms from our Timbale Grooves section:
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:
MASTERCLASS SECTION PLAYLISTS
Marc Quiñones Masterclass
Gilmar Gomes Masterclass
Chino Díaz Masterclass
Roberto Jr. Vizcaíno Masterclass
Bobby Allende Masterclass
George Delgado Masterclass
Jhair Sala Masterclass
Papo Pepín Masterclass
Luisito Quintero Masterclass