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EntertainmentHow to Play African Drums

Djembe vs. Conga

Transcript

Speaker 1: This is the difference between the conga and the djembe. If you look closely, you see the conga is a little taller, djembe in this time is a little shorter. The tension on the skin is achieved by the pulling with these metal rods. The djembe is with a rope. Okay? The bass that comes out of this small bottom is played here. Your bass? My tone is played here.

Speaker 2: My tone is right here.

Speaker 1: My slap has an advance from the tone area to the slap area like this. More center.

Speaker 2: So my slap doesn’t go in the center. My slap stays into the drum. My slap is like this.

Speaker 1:Wow. I hope everybody caught that. We’re going to play a little bit for you to show you the color and sound of this wonderful instrument playing with another wonderful instrument. The conga and the djembe. Now you’ve heard the difference in sound, but there’s really not that many differences. You can appreciate the differences in both instruments, the conga and the djembe.


Lessons in this Guide

How to Play African Drums with Wula Drum

Balafon Beginner Techniques

How to Play the Balafon

How to Play the Log Drum

What Is a Log Drum?

How to Play African Shakers

How to Play the Shekere

How to Play Claves

How to Play the Kalimba & Mbira

How to Play the Sangba Kuku Rhythm

How to Play the Dundun Kuku Rhythm

How to Play the Dundun

What Is a Dundun?

How to Tune a Conga

How to Play a Shuffle on the Conga

How to Play a Muted Tone on the Conga

How to Play a Slap Tone on the Conga

How to Play a Bass Tone on the Conga

How to Play an Open Tone on the Conga

What Is a Conga?

Djembe vs. Conga

How to Maintain a Djembe

How to Tune a Djembe

How a Djembe Is Made

How to Pick a Djembe Drum

How to Play 2 Djembe Drums Together

How to Play the Djembe Kuku Break

How to Play the Djembe Kuku Rhythms Combined

How to Play the Djembe Kuku Rhythm 2nd Accompaniment

How to Play the Djembe Kuku Rhythm 1st Accompaniment

Advanced Djembe Drum Solos

Beginner Djembe Drum Solos

Djembe Drumming Patterns for Beginners

How to Play Djembe Warm-Up Exercises

How to Play the Flam on Djembe

How to Play Muffled Slaps on Djembe

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