Talk:Clave (rhythm)

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Why don't you just save a correct rumba cleve image under a slightly different name and link from there? Mikkalai 19:43, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)

After much faffing about, I think it's fixed now. --Camembert

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I think the current images used to describe the various clave rhythms are a bit confusing for two reasons:

1) As the clave is a rhythmic pattern it's not really interesting which tone is being played and for how long it's being held. Because of this I think standard musical notation is an unnecessarily complex way of describing it for the unknowing.

2) Sticking to standard musical notation the current note and rest durations seem a bit out of place to me. The external article An Introduction to Clave Theory has a version that I feel is the most correct way of describing the clave with standard notation.

The same article also has a good example of an alternate way of graphically representing the clave which I believe is much easier to understand for those who have not studied standard musical notation.

Could someone make an image like that, or maybe construct one using HTML tables?

It's also possible to explain the clave in basic text as done in the current version of salsa (music), using "pre"-tags like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
*  *  *   * *

...but images are always nice :)

- Wintran 17:19, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Edits moved to talk page

Edit by User:66.248.34.52 at 08:19, 19 October 2005.

(Possible exceptions would be all those of Yoruban descent outside of Cuba. Most slaves brought to English controlled colonies such as Jamaica or the future USA were from what is now Nigeria. The music of these Calabali is noticeably different from the music of Cuba, suggesting that Nigerian origin is not the key difference between Cuban music and other types of black music.) Because the those of slave descent from NIgeria are newer they ar

Reasons for moving: Feels a bit out of place, and end sentence is not finished.

- Wintran 12:36, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sample

Image:Son clave.ogg I knocked this up in a few minutes. I don't claim it's good, but if you agree it's better than nothing I'll move it on the body of the article.

James barton 13:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

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