El Conguero, by Jean-Paul Boissière – vol 1 - Book
Languages: French, English, Spanish

A collection of scores dedicated to conga playing, El Conguero is drummer and percussionist Jean-Paul Boissière’s first pedagogical work.
An introduction method, this book offers a large number of tips and instructions to start learning conga playing: understanding the claves, learning the different strokes…

A whole section analyzes the heel-toe motion, (an essential ability in conga playing) but also more modern techniques involving adaptations of drum-set strokes to conga: bounces, double-stroke, flam…
A convenient work, full of material for individual practice, aimed at learners otherwise following intermediate to advanced conga lessons. The use of this book requires the learner to know how to read scores.

This collection of scores should by used with its complementary second volume (“Les rythmes du Conguero”) which includes a CD