
Download of audio version of Learn to Solo on Djembe or Conga: A step-by-step course on mp3 audio files (9 CDs worth) with a 50-page PDF of charts and explanations
by Alan Dworsky This series is my latest and most complete course on soloing. It's for any djembe player or conga drummer who wants to learn to solo in a systematic, step-by-step way. In the original version of this course, each of the eight lessons consisted of an hour-long CD (with 2 full CDs for the final lesson) and printed sheets containing charts and explanations of all the patterns. Now I've made the whole course available as a download, with the 9 CDs converted to mp3 audio files and the printed charts and explanations converted to a 50-page PDF file. The lessons are organized around licks, the building blocks of a great solo. Each lick is woven into bite-sized patterns that start simple and gradually get more complex. And each later lesson builds on earlier lessons, so you'll be expanding your soloing skills outward from a solid center. Here are the lessons: Lesson 1: The Power of Pairs Lesson 2: The Rippled 8 and the Illusion of Speed Lesson 3: The Perfect Lick--The Rippled