Editing Conga (section)

===Songo===
Beginning in the late 1960s, band conga players began incorporating elements from folkloric rhythms, especially rumba. [[Changuito]] and Raúl "el Yulo" Cárdenas of [[Los Van Van]] pioneered this approach of the [[songo music|songo]] era.

<blockquote>This relationship between the drums is derived from the style known as [[Cuban rumba|rumba]]. The feeling of the high drum part is like the quinto in rumba, constantly punctuating, coloring, and accenting, but not soloing until the appropriate moment (Santos 1985).<ref>Santos, John (1985). "Songo," ''Modern Drummer Magazine''. December p. 44.</ref></blockquote>

[[File:Songo congas.jpg|center|375px|thumb|Basic form of songo tumbadoras part. Triangle notehead: high-pitched drum slap; regular noteheads: high and low drum open tones.]]

In several songo arrangements, the tumbadora ('conga') part sounds the typical [[tumbao]] on the low-pitched drum, while replicating the [[quinto (drum)|quinto]] (lead drum) of [[guaguancó]] on the high-pitched drum. The quinto-like phrases can continually change, but they are based upon a specific counter-[[clave rhythm|clave]] motif.<ref>Peñalosa, David (2010) p. 142-144. Redway, CA: Bembe Books. {{ISBN|1-4537-1313-1}}</ref> [See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQu6rLQah0 "Songo Patterns on Congas" (Changuito).]