What is your setting? - 3 congas setting

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Postby akdom » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:20 pm

Hi all

I am glad to see all these posts...

When I started this topic I was not expecting so much.

I stick to my quinto center, conga right and tumba left in a triangular shape the point towards me..

I suits me perfectly since I use the quinto and conga the most.

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Postby JohnnyConga » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:07 pm

So what if ur right handed so am i but playing to one side to me felt unbalanced for playing...and I was playing 3 congas long before it became 'fashionable"...back in 65 66...and that all the latin bands I was in didn't let me play 3 congas...it wasn't the "mode/style" back then, like it is today...some band leaders tole me to at times just play One conga....well u have to learn to play one before u can play 2 before u can play 3..or all at the same time... :D ...My 3 congas..."JC" Johnny Conga... :D
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Postby deadhead » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:25 pm

Quinto between my knees with the conga to my left and the tumba to the right in a triangle. Right handed/ seated player.
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Postby Laurent Lamy » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:35 am

My actual setup :

2 congas
2 tumbas

I use one conga like a quinto (center)
The other conga on my left
First tumba on my right
The other tumba on front


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Postby CongaTick » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:09 pm

LH player. Quinto center. Tumba left. Conga right. Big djembe far rgiht next to conga..
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Postby tfunk » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:02 pm

3 drum setup: quinto midlle, tumba left, conga right

set up for funk/ rock band

quinto, with tumba (tuned up a bit) on left. Bongos on stand in front
with bells, blocks and misc. perc on table to left.

I'm a lefty.

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Postby GuruPimpi » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:27 pm

same as tfunk...
I will try the Sakuntu version with djembe in front. Usually the djembe far right. I'm Left handed too.

A lot of left handed players here.

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Postby zwar » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:47 pm

I am rh-player
for latin i put quinto center, tumba right, conga left, all three straight in one line but some music (bembe for instance) i play on just two tubes.
for funk and jazzrock etc tumba and conga change side, another conga behind quinto and tumba (11 clock). I normaly play standing, because i often have to change to smallpercs, timbales or something else.
when i play for myself, i like to play seated. then quinto between legs, rest like above.

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Postby Charangaman » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:36 pm

My current setup for Reggae/fusion is ....

Conga in middle, Tumba left - tuned low, 2nd Conga front left - tuned down
Bongo on stand...




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Postby ozrivera » Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:59 pm

Saludos Hermanos

there seems to be a big difference amongs everyone,
tumba to the right or to the left?
im right handed and play with conga center, tumba right, and super tumba left. or quinto center, conga right, tumba left.
i know its a matter of personal preference for most of us, as to where to place the low drum.
i place the lowest drum to the left because thats the set up i saw the most.
but, one would have to ask, in general is one set up more practical than the other?
or is one setup more practical for afro-cuban/afro caribbean music only?
is the lower end drum the left (for righties) the traditional way?
or is there a traditional way to set up 3 congas?
just curious.

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Postby vinnieludovico » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:48 am

Greetings RH player same as Zun Zun only with 2 congas 1 tumba 1 super tumba i.e. hi conga middle,lo conga left,tumba right,super tumba 12 o'clock
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Postby Gallichio » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:42 pm

I am using 4 drums at home. The Quinto in middle, Conga to my left, Tumba to my right and Super Tumba in front. I do like to change it from time to time. When I preform I use two drums Conga in middle and Tumba to my right.



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Postby zumbi » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:39 pm

gallichio!
just like a loving father, every chance is right to show a picture of your babies...
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Postby Thomas Altmann » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:23 pm

I either play 2 or 4 congas, rarely 3. The choice is often a matter of transportation capacity or simply idleness. I play Latin Jazz mostly. When I play straight-ahead Salsa, 2 drums are generally enough for me.

My setup looks like: macho in the middle, hembra to the right, a medium size "segunda" at my left, and a real deep sounding tumbadora in front in the middle (for an iyá sound or a bombo function). I am a right handed player.

Sometimes I use a weird setup with the standard pair of macho and hembra, but a real quinto in front and a real iyá at my right, behind the hembra.

I haven't had the chance to take a photo so far.

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Postby CongaTick » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:50 pm

LH player. Quinto center, conga left in front, tumba on the right in front. Bongos on stand between. Big djembe to right, next to me, behind tumba.
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