Understanding the clave rhythm pattern ket education. Rhythm teaching sheets for concert band by jeff waggoner i wrote these after using stephen melillos rhythm sheets go to for those and many other great compositions and teaching tools. Latin music, a key element is the bell pattern, or clave pattern. Flamenco rhythms by oscar herrero flamenco rhythms one of the characteristics of flamenco music is its great variety of styles. Hear the clave in this salsa recorded by jean anfossi. Oct 09, 2019 afrocaribbean rhythms are noted for their light, danceable feel, due to their emphasis on syncopation and asymmetrical rhythmic patterns. The clave rhythm is played using a meinl pedal mount and lp blue jam block. Students will examine the difference between the 23 and 32 clave patterns and demonstrate. It gives us a way to label the parts of a rhythm and can make it easier both to understand and to perform. Intro to afrocuban mambo ryhthms and drumset patterns. To understand how these concepts actually manifest in music, consider the rhythmic pattern known as the clave. A song will only be based on one version of a clave. Jensina victoria oliver chair of the supervisory committee.
You might notice that the shadow rhythm of threeside clave bears a strong resemblance to twoside clave, and conversely, the shadow rhythm of twoside clave resembles threeside. Most afrocuban styles of music are built around a 2measure rhythm called clave, a spanish word meaning key. Bongo rhythms pdf bongo rhythms pdf bongo rhythms pdf. We are only adding two notes to the clave rhythm practiced in lesson 1. Dancer katherine kramer leads a warmup routine based on the clave rhythm pattern in this video from the dance arts toolkit series. Aug 11, 2017 the term brazilian clave is a bit of a misnomer, since brazilian percussionists dont really consider this rhythm as allencompassing, but rather just one of the many patterns in their toolkit. There is also a brief demonstration of call and response. Son and rumba clave are differentiated by the placement of the last note on the 3side. The bo diddley beat is essentially a 32 clave rhythm, one of the most common bell patterns found in afrocuban music that has been traced to subsaharan african music traditions.
The euclidean algorithm generates traditional musical rhythms godfried toussaint school of computer science, mcgill university montreal. Improvise other rhythmic patterns over the clave patterns d. Africanbased rhythms for drum circles 3rd edition with added preparatory exercises, bellpattern exercises, and section on elements of rhythm. Claves twin strikers of resonant wood used to play the clave pattern. In most of the songs the clave is implicit or can be heard for a few seconds. Drumming patterns is an encyclopedia of technique and rhythm, rather than a method book to be practiced from beginning to end. Salsa while its important to know and understand the above patterns, when playing salsa on the drum kit in a more traditional context, your main role will be approximating. Throughout the books, many suggestions be made concerning how these. Rhythmic origins to modern applications by donald brooks truly a doctoral essay submitted to the faculty.
Basic cascara patterns with 32 son clave cascara patterns are traditionally played to the son clave. The musicologist alejo carpentier described the clave as the feeling of polyrhythm submitted to the unity of tempo. The most essential aspect of salsa is the rhythmic pattern known as the clave. Basic rhythm patterns for a single conga drum 5a and 5b and for high and low congas 50. Clave is the key pattern that both binds and decodes the rhythmic structure of afrocuban music. As you can see, the pattern is very similar to the one you just learned, though this time it starts on the upbeat of the first bar, rather than the downbeat. The most important aspect of latin music is the rhythm. Many regions of latin america have a particular rhythm associated with them and a style of playing that is all their own. Afrocuban latin jazz explained the jazz piano site. In a 23 pattern, the first measure contains two beats of the clave rhythm and the second measure contains three beats of the clave rhythm. The original form of the clave, it can be played with a 32 or a 23 pattern. Classroom activities and discussion questions available on pbs learningmedia. It is also akin to the rhythmic pattern known as shave and a haircut, two bits, that has been linked to yoruba drumming from west africa.
However, this is a flamenco metronome, so lets focus on styles with a rhythmic structure. Pdf format which can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard or printed out and laminated. Pronounced clahvay, clave translates to key in spanish. By virtue of this approach, it provides a single, straight, unbroken path in place of many smaller, crooked, and broken ones. Using a variety of clave patterns we can create rhythms for didgeridoo that are exciting with an upbeat feel. Dec 27, 20 you can switch from one to the other by moving the downbeat from the top of the circle to the bottom.
Warming up to the clave rhythm pattern ket education. Different simpler conga style patterns should also be practiced. Freedownloadrhythms techniques forlatin timbales the bronx. Most of the time when i am hearing any son or timba song, i usually try clap my hands to the son clave rhythm 23 32. Both the son clave and rumba clave can follow a 23 or 32 pattern.
The two main clave patterns used in afrocuban music are known in north america as son clave and the rumba clave. Montuno patterns on c7 for piano 23 clave rhythm youtube. Born in africa, brought to the americas by slaves, and eventually showing up in musical styles all over the world, the clave is one of the defining rhythms of modern music across cultures. Drummers can play this one on the side of the floor tom. Cascara pattern with 23 rumba clave 1 intro to afrocuban mambo ryhthms and drumset patterns. Keyboard anuary 1992 machine programming programming with latin rhythm latin american music, as it sets the rhythmic and structural foundation for all the other in struments in the group. The role of bell patterns in west african and afrocaribbean music a smithsonian folkways lesson designed by. Common rhythm section patterns for popular latin styles. Instead, the most prominent rhythm is the tresillo, or the first half of the clave shown in full in figure 2. Music rhythm exercises pdf music production 20181206t14. The socalled bossa nova clave or brazilian clave has a similar rhythm to that of the son clave, but the second note on the twoside is delayed by one pulse subdivision.
Afrocuban cascara campana mambo clave exercises drum. Jan 02, 2017 ever wonder how to accompany a latin jam over 1 chord on piano. But unlike afrocuban music, afrobrazilian music does not have a clave. Rhythm teaching sheets for jazz ensemble by jeff waggoner i wrote these after using stephen melillos rhythm sheets go to for those and many other great compositions and teaching tools with my concert band. There is no central foundational rhythm around which all other rhythms are structured. Normally the piano does not play the tumbao bass part, but playing it with the. Play the clave patterns on different instruments c. The cinquillo pattern is also widely used in west african traditional music 26,31. Drummers like calixto oviedo began playing traditional cuban rhythms used in salsa such as cascara, clave, and tumbao, but started adding snare drum backbeats like so. Clave patterns in quiet rhythms music, polyphony and.
I found that some years my students needed even more work on learning to identify common rhythm patterns. Just as a keystone holds an arch in place, the clave pattern holds the rhythm together in afrocuban music. Intro to afrocuban mambo ryhthms and drumset patterns 2009. There are a few ways to play clave but well focus on the forward clave also known as a 32 and the reverse clave 23. These are a couple of basic montuno patterns for piano over a c7 chord. Dancer katherine kramer teaches the clave rhythm pattern in this video from the dance arts toolkit series. The music rhythm training exercise helps you internalize all major rhythmic patterns through reading practices. The rhythm is typically played as a snare rim pattern in bossa nova music.
Afrocuban cascara 32 to 23 son clave cascara 23 to 32 son clave. The clave is a rhythmic pattern used as a tool for temporal organization in afro cuban music. This rhythm is articulated by a pattern of snare accents on the 1, the and after 2, and the 4, as shown in figure 8. It is present in a variety of genres such as abakua music, rumba, conga, son, mambo, salsa, songo, timba and afrocuban jazz. Learn how to incorporate latin rhythms in pop music drum.
Basic cascara pattern played in salsa during verses and softer sections, the basic cascara pattern is the same as the palito pattern but is played with one hand. Concert band rhythm teaching sheets waggoner music. In all the songs i hear, i am able to clap to the son clave rhythm. Foli there is no movement without rhythm original version by thomas roebers and floris leeuwenberg duration. Instructor reminds the class that the bell pattern adds just two notes to the clave rhythm practiced in lesson 1 as stated in the liner notes from music of cuba. This will assist students in understanding the role of a clave pattern in west african and afrocuban music. A practical method of rhythmic reading to improve comprehension and performance. A mathematical analysis of african, brazilian and cuban. The purpose of this book is to take rhythmic figures, originally learned on the snare drum, and apply them to the drumset.
Layering the clave in both hands creates a 3 over 2 polyrhythm in measure 1 and, a 2 over 3 polyrhythm in measure 2 and, so on. In doing this, the student is introduced to several cross sticking and drumtodrum patterns using eighth, triplet and sixteenth notes. Reading rhythm with takadimi helps you learn to recognize rhythmic patterns and see. If students have access to a daw, have them create a composition with one of the clave rhythms 5. Clave patterns in quiet rhythms music, polyphony and polyrhythm. Its principles and origins, is a powerful step toward linking these various ways of thinking about clave. I have a questiondoubt and i hope you can answer it.
Authentic afrocuban rhythms conga rhythms in 44 68 rhythms for all instruments. She also discusses spanish and african influence on flamenco dance. Mar 01, 2018 bongo rhythms pdf bongo rhythms pdf bongo rhythms pdf. While songo is in itself a unique musical style, the songo drum groove is a pattern that can be played when playing salsa music and is a rhythm that every aspiring latin drummer should have at their disposal. In much of african and afrolatin music, a key element is the bell pattern, or clave pattern. Clave patterns in quiet rhythms in the action of quiet rhythms no. The clave is a rhythmic pattern used as a tool for temporal organization in afrocuban music. Afrocuban cascara campana mambo clave exercises drum set tips.
The afrocuban abakua sometimes spelled abacua or abakwa is difficult to define. Similar to a son clave with the last note the fifth note pushed over one spot, it has become the most recognizable clave in the world, having spread. Rumba clave is probably a whole topic on its own but suffice to say that both rumba and son clave patterns can exist in either 23 or 32 orientation relative to the phrasing in the music and they can change within a song as you so well describe when discussing matamoros composition above. Also keystone, the wedgeshaped stone in the center of an arch that ties all the stones together. Again, refer to the dance instructions used in lesson 1. The son clave has a much stronger 44 feel while the rumba clave has retains a stronger 68 feel. Mar 01, 2019 different simpler conga style patterns should also be practiced. A spanish word meaning code, or key, as in the key to a mystery or puzzle. The 2nd note on the 3side of the clave is called the bombo, the 3rd note on the 3side is called theponche. Finally, i only used the son clave since it is a very common pattern used in contemporary and popular afrocuban salsa music. Flamenco rhythms by oscar herrero the flamenco metronome aims to offer you the depth of knowledge that comes from growing up in an environment, gypsy or otherwise, where people live and breathe rhythm.
The pattern is shown below in 24, as it is written in brazil. The palito is a stick pattern for rumba, traditionally played on the guagua. Oct, 2017 clave patterns in quiet rhythms in the action of quiet rhythms no. Clave is not just another time line bell, rattle or hand clapping pattern. The afrocuban abakua rhythmic origins to modern applications. Being able to read rhythm notation and to internalize rhythmic patterns is essential for every composer, musician. In the remainder of this section we list some of the most common euclidean rhythms found in world music. Reverse the hand assignments, and play the bell pattern with the lh, and the clave rhythm with the rh.
This clave rhythm is the base rhythm of all afrocuban jazz its like the foundation of a house. The term brazilian clave is a bit of a misnomer, since brazilian percussionists dont really consider this rhythm as allencompassing, but rather just one of the many patterns in their toolkit. Conga cohnga a major instrument in the salsa rhythm section. Professor craig sheppard school of music the inspiration to create this method of rhythmic reading came from working with. A mathematical analysis of african, brazilian and cuban clave. Reading rhythm with takadimi helps you learn to recognize rhythmic patterns. Some basic rhythms in jazz general rhythmic profile while so called traditional music form the common practice era and beyond accentuates the fist and third beats in 44 meter, jazz, blues, pop, rock, etc. Clave is the name of a rhythm, but there is also an instrument called a clave. In some cases the euclidean rhythm is a rotated version of a commonly used rhythm.
The rhythm is what differentiates latin jazz from regular jazz. With every unique rhythm usually comes a different dance, religion, set of beliefs, style of playing, and variety of instrumentation. Both are used as bell patterns across much of africa. Its a set of two wooden sticks, typically with a high pitch that can cut through the sound of a large band all playing together. Africanbased rhythms for drum circles 3rd edition with added preparatory exercises, bell pattern exercises, and section on elements of rhythm. Changuito broke this mould and in inventing songo, came up with a rhythm that put greater emphasis on the drummer. One hundred and one rhythm instrument activities for young children. The palito is played with the right hand doing the rumba clave and the rest of the pattern with the left hand. By adding two notes to the common fivenote clave patterns, a strong triple meter is established.
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