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The clave - pronounced clah-vé - is the underlying rhythm pattern used in Afro-Cuban and Latin American music - it is used particularly in mambo, salsa, Brazilian bossa-nova music and other forms of Latin jazz.

The clave (/ˈklɑːveɪ, kleɪv/; Spanish: [ˈklaβe]) is a rhythmic pattern used as a tool for temporal organization in Brazilian and Cuban music. In Spanish, clave literally means key, clef, code, or keystone.

A clave is a set of repeating rhythmic accents that are emphasized on top of the groove of a song. This means that while the band grooves like it would on any other song, they continually accent certain beats above all others.

There are two clave patterns; son and rumba. Both the son clave and rumba clave can follow a 2-3 or 3-2 pattern.

clave1. / (kleɪv, klɑːv) / noun. music one of a pair of hardwood sticks struck together to make a hollow sound, esp to mark the beat of Latin-American dance music.

clicking noise When struck, claves produce a bright, penetrating clicking noise.

clave in American English 1. either of a pair of cylindrical hardwood sticks that make a hollow sound when struck together, used as a percussion instrument in Latin music. usually used in pl. 2. a syncopated rhythm pattern of alternating phrases of three and two beats, used in Latin dance music.

Here is rhythmic notation of a 3–2 son clave. Notice there are three attacks in the first measure and 2 attacks in the second bar. The rhythm underlying the first bar is 3+3+2. The 3–2 son clave has also been called the “Bo Diddley Beat” because of its use by Bo Diddley in the 1950s.

When struck, claves produce a bright, penetrating clicking noise.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clave, such as: hew, sunder, rive, pierce, cut, and rend.

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