Conga Drumming: A Beginner's Guide to Playing With Time W/ CD

This book will teach any musician, step by step, how to play the conga drum using authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms: calypso, bomba, conga, rumba and bembe. The clear text, life-like illustrations and simple charts make learning to play these beats easy, even for non-musicians. The player can hear all 175 rhythms in the book on the included CD.

Alan Dworsky and his partner Betsy Sansby were born in the 1950s ten blocks away from each other in St. Paul, Minnesota. Thirty years later they got married adn they've been happily drumming together ever since. They are known for creating instructional books that are easy to follow and a pleasure to read. Their first book, Conga Drumming: A Beginner's Guide to Playing with Time, has become the best-selling book on hand drumming ever published. Their writing is warm and friendly, and they re passionate about clarity. They make sure students especially beginners get the right-size steps, in the right order, at just the right time. We don't just dump a pile of charts on you and leave, says Dworsky. We stay with you every step of the way, so you feel like you're getting private lessons. Betsy Sansby and her partner Alan Dworsky were born in the 1950s ten blocks away from each other in St. Paul, Minnesota. Thirty years later they got married and they ve been happily drumming together ever since. They are known for creating instructional books that are easy to follow and a pleasure to read. Their first book, Conga Drumming: A Beginner s Guide to Playing with Time, has become the best-selling book on hand drumming ever published. Their writing is warm and friendly, and they re passionate about clarity. They make sure students especially beginners get the right-size steps, in the right order, at just the right time. We don t just dump a pile of charts on you and leave, says Dworsky. We stay with you every step of the way, so you feel like you're getting private lessons.