CURSOS
Study routine and foundations for improvisation
This course offers a series of essential technical exercises designed by La Conga Secreta and Diego Silbermanas to strengthen the foundation of any conga player. Through a guide score featuring 11 progressive exercises, you will develop the skill needed to begin every practice session with solidity and precision.
Technique from Scratch
En este curso podrás aprender las diferentes claves, “tres-dos” de rumba y “dos-tres” de son, indispensables para ubicar los patrones rítmicos.
Además, golpes básicos en el tambor, combinaciones de palma-punta, abiertos y slaps y las subdivisiones musicales, desde negras, corcheas, semicorcheas y tresillos...
Basic Rhythms
In this course, you will learn rhythms for two congas, starting with the son and salsa marcha, bolero, cumbia, merengue, merensongo, pilón, plena, Afro rhythms, and much more! By the end of the course, your rhythmic resources will have expanded to encourage you to play the final exercise together with me!
Rhythms for 3, 4, and 5 Congas
Este curso te ofrece ampliar tus recursos rítmicos para cuando ya tienes al menos tres congas! ¡Explora conmigo las infinitas posibilidades melódicas que tienes al usar tres congas!
Desarrolla tu independencia, al estudiar llevando la clave en una mano y manteniendo el ritmo en la otra...
Batá Patterns Adapted to the Conga
Batá drums are an inexhaustible source of rhythms, melodies, and nuances used in Yoruba ceremonies, performed by three percussionists…
Introduction to Double Strokes
In this course, we begin studying double strokes—stick technique that you can develop with your own hands.
I share with you the exercises that helped me develop double strokes with fluidity, sound quality, and speed…
Advanced Technique
In this course, I present technical exercises for conga playing that will provide you with the tools to develop speed, volume, and coordination…
Applied Double Strokes
Once you have a certain command of double strokes, you can dive into this course to apply them in different rhythms or percussion pieces.
You will encounter rudiments, one-and-one exercises, phrases…
Improvisation and Hand Techniques
This course is fundamentally based on the movement developed by the master Changuito, known as “The Secret Hand,” the architect of modern conga technique.
Palm–tip movements, double strokes, and accents provide essential resources when it comes to improvising!
