bongos: which way?

[dru...@aol.com]

i hope there are no dumb questions!... which way do the bongos go?
low/left or low/right? same with a congo set up? im just a kit player, but
needed to know. anyone help me out?

[Robert E Beatty Jr.]

Low Left for both bongo and conga

But if it works for you the other way around who cares.

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[Tom]

In article <19961126212...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,

dru...@aol.com wrote:
>i hope there are no dumb questions!... which way do the bongos go?
>low/left or low/right? same with a congo set up? im just a kit player, but
>needed to know. anyone help me out?

High drum on YOUR LEFT (STAGE LEFT). Most conga/bongo players play heel/toe
technique on the high drum with their left hands, so you want the high drum on
your left.

It's not clear if another post was speaking from a stage or house view.

Tom

[drmc...@aol.com]

While most players have the high drum on their left, I've seen a few
players reverse
the order because they're left handed. I saw one of the bongo / conga
players in
Rhumba Club( a Baltimore,MD band ) do so at a recent concert.He also
reversed
the order of his conga drums.

[Paul R.]

drmc...@aol.com wrote:

-> While most players have the high drum on their left, I've seen a few
->players reverse
->the order because they're left handed.

Does the hi-hat/snare go on the left or right side of the bass drum?
Depends on what's comfortable for you...

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Paul R.

[Robert E Beatty Jr.]

That was me and I meant stage left. I guess it's like everything else in life, I would have
to do it backwards. It works for me and I have seen others play that way.

Kit drummers have, other than their snare, their drums arranged low to high -> left to right.

A friend of mine who is one hell of a conguero was sitting on a cajone, had his tumba between
his legs, segundo left, and quinto to the right. And he was smokin'.

[Wace NYPhoto]

dru...@aol.com wrote in article
<19961126212...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...

> i hope there are no dumb questions!... which way do the bongos go?
> low/left or low/right? same with a congo set up? im just a kit player,
but
> needed to know. anyone help me out?
>

If you are right handed, the smaller side goes on your LEFT.
by the way, there's an excellent bongo lesson within
the recent video "MANNY OQUENDO" timbales, etc.

Isaac Gutwilik, NYC
2ri...@pipeline.com