JohnnyConga wrote:" Now a "conga solo' in a band setting once again is different...that means at a a point in the arrangement you get to show off your skills on your drum for however long the arrangement allows, or until Cue to come out of it..
btw Latin/Cuban music in most cases the band is still playing during your "conga solo"...when Mongo Ray Patato soloed the band never stopped playing ...so this thing today where bands stop playing and then there is an "improvisation' of a percussionist in the band, is something that started back in the 80's for some reason...I used to have a hard time with it because there was no montuno for me to ride on and I felt awkward. I would argue with the band to 'keep playing' during my conga solo..plus people are on the floor dancing, and your gonna stop the music for a conga solo??? .but today almost everyone does it now..especially with the advent of Timba, but that works on a different principles of 'gears' and concepts for percussion solos...
Ok with this i may stand corrected..on the semantics for me hahahaha
In popular music a solo refers to a "crowd-pleasing" improvised melody[1] played by a single or featured performer and may also refer to a drum solo. Use of the term "solo" appears to follow from jazz and, though they are often pre-composed or originally improvised, the expectation that solos be improvised continues, especially in certain genres.
How do you solo on congas??
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