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Hi All.

Thank you in advance,

I am looking to play the following rhythm, but am having a hard time getting it all down. PLease see link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspXpJgU2Lw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspXpJgU2Lw

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

R.

Hi Bob,

The conga you're hearing is playing a typical tumbao at a fast tempo.
I believe it's the late Ray Barretto. Look for his music, if you havn't
heard it already. The story I heard is that Ray was working on his recording
session in Manhattan, and in the studio down the hall, the Stones were working on their project.
Mick Jagger heard Ray's sound and invited him
to work on his session. Ray was a very busy session player in the jazz world
as well as Salsa.

Isaac

That tumbao that's being played has a conga/comparsa feel to me. If you can't get it. Try this conga/comparsa pattern as an alternative. It sounds like it would fit to me, although; you may have to experiment with different feels to get it to sound the way you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZffu0xOeNc

This one is on the play list of the Classic Rock band I play with. I prefer to play most tunes the traditional way but for this track I switched to hand to hand with touches, slaps and open tones. I don't quite like this pop conga style but it seems to work for Sympathy and Honky Tonk Woman for some reason.

It is a (pretty weak and shaky) tumbao, not conga de comparsa. Rocky Dijon not Ray Barretto is credited as the conga player. Doesn't sound like Barretto either, he played tumbao with a stronger left hand and his slaps sounded more solid.

The story I heard is that Ray was working on his recording
session in Manhattan, and in the studio down the hall, the Stones were working on their project.
Mick Jagger heard Ray's sound and invited him
to work on his session.

Thanks for the correct info. . . it does have a more upbeat afro pop feel now that I
replay it. I had not heard of Rocky Dijon till now. Apparently he worked
with Hendrix a bit also.

~ Isaac

HI every one, thank you for your replies, the comparsa pattern feels the most natural to play with it.

thank you once again.

R.