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| | Clave (rhythm) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The clave serves as a tool for temporal organization, and essentially all Afro-Cuban music of Yoruban descent (including Cuban popular music such as salsa) is based around the clave rhythm. | | | Although the actual term clave is mostly used in the context of Afro-Cuban music, the rhythm also permeates Rock and Roll and Jazz. | | | Clave is a rhythmic pattern or timeline which has its roots in West African music and was developed in Cuba. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clave_(rhythm)
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| | Clave (rhythm) - definition of Clave (rhythm) in Encyclopedia |
| | The clave serves as a time-keeper and essentially all Afro-Cuban music, as well as salsa, is based around the clave rhythm. | | | Clave is a rhythmic pattern which originates in West African music and was standardized in Cuba. | | | Although this term is mostly used in the context of Afro-Cuban music, in fact it permeates the whole Rock and Roll music as the Bo Diddly beat or Bo Diddley beat, which was the signature rhythm of Bo Diddley and is rooted in African rhythms. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Clave_(rhythm)
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| | Fan's Corner: Timba 101 |
| | Clave and clave changes are among the most misunderstood and heatedly debated topics in all of music. | | | Rhythms 1 and 2 are one family and 3 and 4 are another. | | | If you listen to any of the hundreds of recordings of this song, you’ll find that they’re all in 2:3. |
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http://www.timba.com/fans/clave_debates.asp
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| | Hips On Fire ~ Latino Dance Instruction, Performances & DJ Services |
| | Clave rhythm is the basis of Afro-Latin musical styles and is considered the key, the identity, the root, and the "soul" of the music. | | | You may not hear the clave pattern outwardly, but it is explicit in the music-- the rhythm moves in and through the clave beat. | | | Dance Timing - Most musically connected, authentic, or culturally/traditionally trained dancers use the clave rhythm as a focus or "metronome" in salsa music to stay in time to the foundation and "soul" of the music, allowing for a natural appearance and rhythmic, free expression of the music. |
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http://www.hipsonfire.com/HistoryInfo/clave.htm
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| | Salsa Music, Rhythm, Phrasing & Timing |
| | The clave is the lifeblood of each rhythm; hence the music. | | | Clave alignment to specific rhythmic elements in the music and to the dance patterns will be apparent. | | | For most salsa music, the clave has two notes in the first bar (called the 2 part, or 2 side of the clave) and three notes in the second bar (called the 3 part, or 3 side of the clave). |
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| | GuitarPeople.com - Lessons |
| | Because of the complexity of the rhythms, Latin music can be challenging, but at the same time rewarding to play on the guitar. | | | The clave rhythm may also be strummed on the guitar. | | | The music of Latin America is rich in diversity of styles and rhythms. |
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http://www.guitarpeople.com/jazz/jazzprog.asp
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| | Our Dance & Music |
| | The rhythm structure is based on either the 2/3 or 3/2 son clave, and the sound is one very much associated with Puerto Rican or NewYorican bands, such as El Gran Combo and Tito Puente. | | | In salsa music, the clave rhythm establishes the key or structure of the song. | | | While there are various clave rhythm patterns, the "Son Clave" is the one used in the classic, mainstream New York Caribbean-style salsa music preferred by New Yorkers for On 2 dancing. |
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http://www.salsanewyork.com/ourdancemusic.htm
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| | Clave Theory, Part 3 - The Clave Rhythm |
| | For a musician this has significance in regards to the "groove" of the music but for a dancer the significance is reflected in the different "mood" each arrangement gives to the music. | | | So we can discuss the clave pattern, we will try to visualise the music by inventing our own music notation for dancers. | | | Again, using our Yambu analogy from Part II of this article, the reverse clave is the musical equivalent of "Lets do it!" in the two quick beats of the first bar and "I’ve got a headache" in the slowish, slowish, quick beats of the second bar. |
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http://www.geocities.com/sd_au/clavetheory/clavetheory3.htm
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| | Rhythm Reminder by Dance In Time Productions - Shows |
| | The Rumba clave is the same except you strike the clave on the "and" of the 4th beat instead of on the 4.) Dancers and music students can listen to the rhythm patterns and become familiar with their sounds. | | | The nature of the music determines which of these clave rhythms to use in a given song. | | | The following additional expressions underscore the importance of the clave: If a DJ "mixes songs on the clave," that means he goes from one song to another while maintaining the integrity of the clave. |
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http://www.danceintimeproductions.com/percussion.htm
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| | Der Salsaholic - Afro-Cuban Folkloric Rhythms |
| | There are also African inspired rhythms that were created or modified in Cuba (rumba and the Congo rhythms that will be discussed later) along with musical hybrids of African and European parentage (mainly the popular music of Cuba often called “salsa&;). | | | Palo is performed very fast and the improvisation is in the caja, which solos around the rhythm given. | | | Makuta’s influence on popular music is obvious when it is seen with the accompanying dance. |
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http://www.salsaholic.de/curtis1.htm
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| | Performance guidelines |
| | Listen for the clave rhythm -- or a subtle variant of it -- in the three RandB examples, then tap/clap along with the pattern as you listen to the recordings. | | | Then find the regular rhythm that moves four times as fast as the beat -- choked rhythm guitar and percussion instruments are good places to listen for it. | | | To practice with the study CD, cue up an 8-beat example, listen for the beat, then find the regular rhythm that moves twice as fast as the beat -- rhythm guitar and percussive instruments are good places to listen for it. |
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http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfmic1/mus195/perfguide.html
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| | Salsa & Merengue Society – Salsa: The Music |
| | Songs used to be of only one clave flavour; with musicians and singers tending to get a bit upset if a song changed clave intentionally or if cued in incorrectly by the band leader. | | | The son is the music of storytellers; where the troubadours would sing about anything that took their fancy: how good the harvest was, what they had for dinner that night etc. They would improvise with lyrics and voice to keep in the clave of the song. | | | s yet the most robust criterion for defining a piece of music as salsa music is that it should obey the clave. |
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http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/musicsal.html
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| | An Introduction to Clave Theory (Breaking on Two) |
| | Instead of listening for a particular sound, listen to the music. | | | If you are trying to find the clave rhythm in a piece of music and are listening for the clave instrument, you might be disappointed. | | | The simplest approach to finding the clave is to listen for a strong down beat on the first and third counts, these are the pulse beats that keep the band in time. |
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http://www.geocities.com/sd_au/clavetheory/clavetheory1.htm
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| | CAFS-About US |
| | In this way, African music (especially the clave rhythm) began to influence Latin music (much of Latin music comes from Brazil), Jazz (Much of Jazz originated in New Orleans), and even Reggae music (from Jamaica). | | | Students can also bring in their own examples of the clave rhythm from their personal collections of music. | | | Introduce students to the origin of the clave rhythm: African music. |
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http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v2i2/african.html
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| | Chris Washburne |
| | All musical and dance components in salsa performance are governed by the clave rhythm. | | | As Roberta Singer states "Clave is a rhythmic time line that
functions as a rhythmic organizing principle for the entire ensemble" (Singer, 1982: 168). | | | Some of oldest recorded Cuban rumba styles, such as rumba colombia originating from the small towns of the island's interior, are performed with a 12/8 feel, similar to musics where the bell pattern in example 1 is performed. |
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http://www.chriswashburne.com/articles.html
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| | SalsaCrazy.Com Mike Bello on2 Training Pack Review |
| | The CD presents the fundamentals for understanding the rhythms of clave and tumbao, which are the backbone of salsa music. | | | The CD allows the dancer (or casual listener) to become more in tune with the music by counting, listening and dancing in synch with the tumbao and clave. | | | The 40+ tracks on this CD give clear examples of some of the most commonly used Salsa rhythms that you will hear played on percussion instruments, guitar and piano. |
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http://www.salsacrazy.com/mike_bello_review.htm
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| | PulseWave Percussion - Speaking Of Rhythm |
| | This is the key to turning the spoken sounds into music: singing rhythmelodies in clave. | | | Speaking of Rhythm does not require reading or watching, only listen, repeat, listen, repeat, listen, repeat. | | | Speaking of Rhythm is a multi-volume set of instructional CDs covering a range of common ensemble dance rhythms from the Caribbean, Brazil and Africa. |
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http://www.pulsewave.com/catalog/pr_SOR.html
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| | Claves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | is often played on the claves in latin music, and it is known as the clave. | | | Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood is written for five pairs of claves. | | | Claves are sometimes hollow and carved in the middle to amplify the sound. |
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| | LP: Play Like a Pro: Lessons from the Pros |
| | However, clave is not just a rhythmic pattern you must learn if you are to become intimately familiar with Afro-Cuban music. | | | The clave phrase syncopates the beat and adds swing to the music. | | | It is a concept around which all Afro-Cuban music is intricately woven. |
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http://www.lpmusic.com/Play_Like_A_Pro/Lessons_From_Pros/intro_guag.html
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| | PulseWave Percussion - Mozambique Project |
| | The core of the music is the 3-2 Rumba clave. | | | Here he shows how the rhythm is commonly played in a band setting, in contrast to the previous volume which showed a more folkloric style. | | | Manny Oquendo was playing timbales with the band at the time. |
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| | Afro-Cuban |
| | The sound was less rhythmic than son music, which was more syncopated due to the influence of African rhythms. | | | The bongo bell is played in certain sections of son style dance music, along with the mambo bell. | | | The instrument that you hear will be conga playing tumbao, cha-cha bell and small tom playing the timbale part, and guiro. |
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| | Professional Drummer - 321 Free Drum Lessons Online |
| | There are two major clave styles in Afro Cuban music; the son clave and the rumba clave. | | | They are both two bar rhythms, consisting of a bar containing three notes and another containing two. | | | It incorporates clear, precise and distinguished musical phrases, played with impeccable time over the rhythm section, finishing with one of his trademarks, the execution of a clearly articulated fast triplet-note roll emphasising in this instance open tones and open slaps. |
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| | Conversations with Horacio El Negro Hernandez |
| | The video allows you to see and hear what he's doing, while the book and accompanying audio CD breaks it down into easily digestible pieces. | | | El Negro's Modern Drummer Festival video and book/Audio CD Conversations In Clave, are a perfect combination. | | | 2) Creative Exercises: Melodic Permutations with the Rumba Clave - Contains examples of how to treat the clave rhythm as a melody and play it using different sound sources. |
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| | AUGUST, 2002 |
| | The most common variation is the 3/2 (Son Clave); 3 beats in the first measure and 2 beats in the second measure. | | | The "Clave Instrument" sound occurs on 1, 2&, 4&, 6,7 (3/2")- if they are present at all. | | | This all sounds very complicated and you can debate forever what is best. |
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| | Clave: Key to Cuban Music. A University of Salsa "internet exclusive" to Planet Salsa. |
| | My guess is that Spanish musicians in Cuba, observing the music of African slaves, noticed the bell pattern(s) at the core of the music and followed verbal logic, calling it clave. | | | As a musical term, the Spanish originally used “clave” to denote | | | disapproval by the Latin music purists in my band who scolded me repeatedly to sing “en la Clave. |
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http://www.planetsalsa.com/university_of_salsa/clave/jose_conde.htm
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| | Sheetmusic - Songbooks - New in April |
| | With in-depth exercises on modern scale applications and intervallic choices, developing individual chord voicings, incorporating rock and funk concepts, exploring elements from world music such as odd meters and polyrhythms, and ideas for developing your own sonic textures and approach to tonal manipulation. | | | Written in separate standard notation and tablature editions within the same folio (13 pages each), Morel's Homage makes extensive use of the syncopated clave rhythm pattern and the anticipated attack of bass notes so typical of salsa music. | | | Argentine master Jorge Morel combines his years of experience of life in Cuba and Puerto Rico and acquaintances with great Latin musicians with his talent for guitar performance in composing this delightful extended dance for solo classic guitar. |
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| | exam review |
| | - many of the same rhythms as in orisha music, but the congas are the main types of drums and the music | | | Over the years many have laid claim to coining the term, yet it was first widely used in U.S. Latin musical | | | Combines the styles and rhythms of salsa and Latin jazz with rock music style and instrumentation |
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| | clave direction |
| | Even if you can't actually hear something banging out the 2-3 or 3-2, you can still "feel" its influence in all the other parts of the music. | | | The clave rhythm underpins all the other parts of the music (like the other percussion instruments, the brass "punches" and the keyboards). | | | The instrument may or may not be audible in any given track, but the rhythm is always there, even if it's not being explicitly played by any instrument. |
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| | Tomás Howie Drumming Web - Monthly Drum Lessons - #15: Ethnic Rhythms #1 |
| | This is probably the most basic rhythm is all of latin music. | | | You may even be in a situation where your band leader requires you to play a Mambo. | | | I will notate when there are some certain conditions and instruments that are characteristic of a particular pattern, but everything should be faily self-explanatory. |
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http://www.drummingweb.com/lessons/lesson15.htm
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