Getting started -- Basic strokes -- Notation key -- Glossary of terms -- Clave : the key to afro-centric music -- Phrasing. Part 1 -- Phrasing. Part 2 -- Using the A/B structure to create form : "part-lick' (or "lick-part") -- Playing with the right feel : finding "fix"! -- It's not a waltz! : 12/8 coordination exercises -- Revoicing : voicing and orchestrating on hand drums -- Rhythmic cells for improvising : quinto ideas -- Heel-toe technique -- Agility exercises with heel-toe -- Building stamina -- Double stroke exercises -- Combining technique with repertoire -- Hand to hand -- Segundo in guaguanco -- Flams.