| Audio CD Index | 6 |
| About the Author | 7 |
| Introduction | 9 |
| A Brief History | 10 |
| Notation Key | 12 |
| Conga Sizes | 13 |
| Tuning | 14 |
| Playing Positions: Sitting and Standing | 15 |
| Let's Get Started | 16 |
| Your Hands | 17 |
| The Sounds | 18 |
| The Open Tone | 18 |
| The Muted Slap | 19 |
| The Open Slap | 19 |
| The Heel-Fingers Motion | 19 |
| The Bass Tone | 20 |
| The Muffled Tone | 20 |
| Basic Notation | 21 |
| Note and Rest Values | 23 |
| Basic Reading Exercises | 24 |
| Sound Developing Exercises | 31 |
| Open Tones | 31 |
| Muted Slaps | 32 |
| Bass Tone | 33 |
| Heel-Fingers Motion | 34 |
| Open Slaps | 35 |
| The Clave | 37 |
| Son Clave | 37 |
| Rumba Clave | 37 |
| 6/8 Clave | 38 |
| Preliminary Exercises | 39 |
| Conga Drum Patterns | 41 |
| Patterns from Cuba | 41 |
| Patterns from Puerto Rico | 43 |
| Patterns from Santo Domingo | 44 |
| Pop, Rock, R&B, and Funk | 45 |
| Pop, Rock, R&B, and Funk Patterns for One Conga | 46 |
| Drum Set and Congas | 47 |
| The High School Band | 53 |
| Independence Exercises | 56 |
| Mis Tres Hijos Play-Along | 57 |
| Additional Credits | 58 |
| Reference | 59 |
| Available from Richie | 59 |
| Spanish Translation: Texto En Espanol | 63 |
| Audio CD Index | |
| CD 1 |
| Track 1 | Notes and Their Values, Ex. 1-7 | |
| Track 2 | Notes and Rests | |
| Track 3 | Eighth Notes and Rests | |
| Track 4 | Quarter & Eighth Notes and Rests | |
| Track 5 | Sixteenth Notes | |
| Track 6 | One Eighth & Two Sixteenths | |
| Track 7 | Two Sixteenths & One Eighth Note | |
| Track 8 | Dotted Eighth-One Sixteenth | |
| Track 9 | Triplets | |
| Track 10 | Combining Quarters, Eighths, Sixteenths | |
| Track 11 | Combining Quarters, Eighths-Sixteenths One-Eighth | |
| Track 12 | Adding Two-Sixteenth-One-Eighth, Three Rests | |
| Track 13 | Adding the Dotted Eighth-One-Sixteenth | |
| Track 14 | Adding Triplets & Rests | |
| Track 15 | 6/8 | |
| Track 16 | 5/8 | |
| Track 17 | 7/8 | |
| Track 18 | Open Tone, Ex. 1-5 | |
| Track 19 | Slaps, Ex. 1-5 | |
| Track 20 | Bass Tone | |
| Track 21 | Heels Fingers | |
| Track 22 | Open Slaps | |
| Track 23 | One Conga, Ex. 1 | |
| Track 24 | One Conga, Ex. 2 | |
| Track 25 | One Conga, Ex. 3 | |
| Track 26 | One Conga, Ex. 4 | |
| Track 27 | One Conga, Ex. 5 | |
| Track 28 | One Conga, Ex. 6 Old Tumbao | |
| Track 29 | One Conga, Ex. 7 Contemporary | |
| Track 30 | Two Congas, Ex. 8 Adding the Tumba | |
| Track 31 | Two Congas, Ex. 9 | |
| Track 32 | Two Congas, Ex. 10 | |
| Track 33 | Challenge Exercise (all exercises in succession) | |
| Track 34 | Patterns Cuba, Ex. 1 | |
| Track 35 | Patterns Cuba, Ex. 2-Variation 1 | |
| Track 36 | Patterns Cuba, Ex. 3-Variation 2 | |
| Track 37 | Patterns Cuba, Ex. 4-Variation 3 | |
| Track 38 | Patterns Cuba, Ex. 5-Variation 4 | |
| Track 39 | Bolero, Ex. 6 | |
| Track 40 | Guajira, Ex. 7 | |
| Track 41 | Songo, Ex. 8 | |
| Track 42 | Songo Variation, Ex. 9 | |
| Track 43 | Guaguanco 3/2, Ex. 10 | |
| Track 44 | Puerto Rico Plena, Ex. 11 | |
| Track 45 | Puerto Rico Bomba Xica, Ex. 12 | |
| Track 46 | Puerto Rico Jibaro, Ex. 13 | |
| Track 47 | Puerto Rico Salsa, Ex. 14 | |
| Track 48 | Puerto Rico Bomba Holandes | |
| Track 49 | Santo Domingo Merengue Patterns | |
| Track 50 | Merengue with Stick | |
| Track 51 | Merengue Accompaniment to the Tambora Part | |
| Track 52 | Merengue Ex. 2 and 3 Parts Together | |
| Track 53 | Merengue Ex. 2 Conga Accompaniment to the Tambora | |
| Track 54 | Merengue Variation | |
| Track 55 | Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 1 | |
| Track 56 | Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 2 | |
| Track 57 | Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 3 | |
| Track 58 | Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 4 | |
| Track 59 | Rock/Pop/R&B/Funk Patterns for One Conga, Ex. 5 | |
| Track 60 | "Fields of Gold" w/Congas | |
| Track 61 | "Fields of Gold" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 62 | "La Vida Loca" w/Congas | |
| Track 63 | "La Vida Loca" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 64 | "If You Had My Love" w/Congas | |
| Track 65 | "If You Had My Love" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 66 | "Sex Machine" w/Congas | |
| Track 67 | "Sex Machine" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 68 | "Unchain My Heart" w/Congas | |
| Track 69 | "Unchain My Heart" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 70 | "Two Hearts" w/Congas | |
| Track 71 | "Two Hearts" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 72 | "Give Up the Funk" w/Congas | |
| Track 73 | "Give Up the Funk" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 74 | "Disco Groove" w/Congas | |
| Track 75 | "Disco Groove" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 76 | "Seven Days" w/Congas | |
| Track 77 | "Seven Days" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 78 | "Homemade 7" w/Congas | |
| Track 79 | "Homemade 7" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 80 | "High School" Swing Groove | |
| Track 81 | "High School" BeBop Groove | |
| Track 82 | "High School" Rock & Roll Groove | |
| Track 83 | "High School" Shuffle Groove | |
| Track 84 | "High School" Sixteenth Note Funky Groove | |
| Track 85 | "Perc Independence" (Tumbao One Drum) | |
| Track 86 | "Perc Independence" (w/Cowbell) | |
| Track 87 | "Perc Independence" (w/Shaker) | |
| Track 88 | "Perc Independence" (w/Tambourine) | |
| Track 89 | "Mis Tres Hijos" w/Congas | |
| Track 90 | "Mis Tres Hijos" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| CD 2 |
| Track 1 | "Guajira Pa Lissete" w/Congas | |
| Track 2 | "Guajira Pa Lissete" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 3 | "Gozando Y Caminando" w/Congas | |
| Track 4 | "Gozando Y Caminando" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 5 | "El Meneito" w/Congas | |
| Track 6 | "El Meneito" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 7 | "Sabroson" w/Congas | |
| Track 8 | "Sabroson" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 9 | "Techno Me" w/Congas | |
| Track 10 | "Techno Me" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 11 | "Full Moon" w/Congas | |
| Track 12 | "Full Moon" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 13 | "Shoe On Me" w/Congas | |
| Track 14 | "Shoe On Me" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 15 | "Faldo" w/Congas | |
| Track 16 | "Faldo" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 17 | "Lenny Kravitz" w/Congas | |
| Track 18 | "Lenny Kravitz" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 19 | "Lou Kev" w/Congas | |
| Track 20 | "Lou Kev" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 21 | "Symfonico" w/Congas | |
| Track 22 | "Symfonico" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
| Track 23 | "Rock Ya" w/Congas | |
| Track 24 | "Rock Ya" wo/Congas (play-along) | |
