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