How to do "La Mano Secreta" 

I discovered your videos few days ago and I haven't stopped watching them! You're a great teacher and awesome all round, Conga player, i rate you among the best! I'm a percussionist of over 50 years experience so, i know what I'm talking about. Many thanks.

This was very helpful! I'm an absolute beginner and I couldn't believe I was playing that movement in just 3 minutes! That gave me huge motivation to practice more. Thank you so much!!

Yo Perez, THIS is the foundation for any player trying to get to the upper level, as in to say, from this position, this foundation, one can build an entire vocabulary of fills, transitions, and rolls. I have always thought that the Doble is the secret to excellent conga playing- good clip, might want to do a sequel

This is the best breakdown of that technique I have seen

a wet/stormy Sunday afternoon here in Perth Australia, just checking some old grooves, love this one, first time I've seen it done in slo-mo. nice work.

While watching several of your Congas Videos, you have enlighten me with your vast knowledge of the congas and the foundation of its culture. Which I find has help me understand my conga spirit and define my technique. Thank you and please keep it coming, I'll be watching.

Really great presentation .You are a teacher.Blessings

So many versions exist of this wonderful Mano Secreta. Each has it's place of course... My favourite version still would be Changuito's. His first note actually is a light "finger tip", a ghost note actually. It is not followed by a regular double stroke but a heel-finger stroke. Of course it ends with the slap. The whole thing is a crescendo from first to last stroke. To me it is the most secretive of Secret Hands. It seems to rise up from no where, from a "secret place". More of a subtle embellishment rather than an outright phrase. Gotta love it! I try to create some sort of half-hidden "sub layer" of delicate variations, while keeping the tumbao "in the pocket". Ghosted muffs as an ocassional substitute for the fingertips (of the non-dominant, driving hand) serve this idea beautifully as well... One more thing: Try this Mano Secreta right àfter the bass on the 1, so that the slap sits on the same 2 where it does in a regular tumbao. A great little drop of sauce hidden in the pocket. Hope I don't sound to technical, I mean to describe a musical thing (and that's hard). Eric, much respect. Love your channel and I think you're a great guy! Greetings from the Netherlands.

Sweet. Will practice these exercises.

Spiegazione esemplare, concordo, miglior video sulla mano segreta, grazie 👏👏

very good instruction video great job .

Great Video Conguero!!!

Great lesson.

phenomenal sound

Nice demo - good playing too

Great playing! More food for thought....

Cool! Thanks for the lesson.

Nicely broken down. Thank you!

hermano great job live the way you teach can you please. make a video on double stroke roll. i been trying to get it. i seem to be missing. something. A cry for HELP.

Hey man, great video. I was wondering, can you give me the names of any old records that feature conga-playing just like this, so I can go and listen to them?

Excellent! Thank you!

Thanks for making it a lot easier!!!

That bongo sounds really nice!;-)

Gracias desde Venezuela

Mr.eric i really thank you for this beautiful lesson. End of this video you are playing one giovanni groove and adding your lesson in between. What is that beautiful groove .kindly elaborate and give a demo. Thank you once again

I really liked you video and more importantly for me the way you teach. I can't find your email and ask anyone. Do you use more wrist action or elbow shoulder.

Thank you bro.

Well done!

Crazy. Thanks

Is a drag rudiment?

Jeffe morguriadu, is that correct ?

Hey my brother how about some for modern Christian music. We're their no congas.were they just a piano ,guetar, drums and bass guitar. I just want to learn some to incorporate into the music.

thank you! I get now!

hi master! what kind of exercises I must do for to be so fast with left hand? Thanks

why does the recording / sound quality improve so drastically when you go to the close-up video?

Nice instuctional video, would like to see a videoon how to develop the close tone slap

Ey muy buen video gracias por compartir.ey crees que puedas hacer un tutorial para hacer el open slap que haces suena muy bien.muchos te lo agradeceriamos de antemano gracias.voy a tratar esto

are your fingers stiff? do you hit open tones with 2nd knuckles.

Me gustaría que lo esplicaras en español

Do you also use the fifth sound ghost note as demonstrated by Changuito in this video?- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sSWbbn9KWXY.html

Who was that? Jeffe Morguria? I was trying to find some videos, but the spelling must be off. Great video as always👍

Great technique and teaching.. who are you?

This dude has chops

La mano secreta is an invention of Changuito.

Note how when he plays any beat he starts slow and then progressively goes faster to show that there are variables all through the same beat even a little pause here and there will change the same beat you will notice that it is pretty much all the same except for Personal Creations making your customized music just feel it and play all day and all night if you can fit it in LOL

what color is that nailpolish?

All I want to know is who are the freaking Sansones that put a thumbs down

Would be perfecr in a Majao style

Como se ajusta la conga tengo LPJovani

Dont forget that la mano secreta IS from changuito. Thanks

Is this one of those 'easy but hard' things?

YOU've got a long way to go???

CHANGUITO !!!!!

Hermano con todo respeto y se que sabes y te he visto hacer cosas buenas , pero eso no es la mano secreta .... lo que haces es como corren los caballos. Mira este video y despues mira el tuyo ....... y me diras despues ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZwSFNoN9yeg.html

La mano secreta es de mi padre changuito pronto se hará justicia y de mandaremos a todo