by yalla » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:57 pm
IMO, it's not about "more traditional and accepted way" - it's a matter of feeling with the drums. Playing sitted, you have more phisical contact with the conga between your legs, and this helps "feeling" the drum sounds and vibration. And you can easily keep tempo tapping your feet, and you can play longer with no efforts.
This is just my two cents, I think that congas on stands are only needed when you have to change to other instruments quickly, or when you need to be more noticed on the stage...
Let's also say, that a conga on a stand is more free to ring, and tumba has much more volume than standing on the floor...
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