claves

This terminology is used even when the claves are identical.

Claves are very important in Cuban music, such as the son and guaguancó.

The basic principle when playing claves is to allow at least one of them to resonate.

Pattern 1 is son clave, usually played on wooden claves.

Claves are sometimes hollow and carved in the middle to amplify the sound.

In music, claves come in pairs so that they can be struck together.

The entire cross-beat cycle takes three claves (measures) to complete.

The claves, were formed with two wooden spoons hit in reverse side.

He could go to any of the world's major cities and find one of his corporate en- claves.

The city itself was a sprawling bazaar of claves.

Hindustan had a spray of tiny claves all over the metropolitan area.

The claves and guíro are played by the singers.

Most often, it is played with at least three drums, a set of claves (sticks), a lead singer and a chorus.

Otis used the Cuban instruments claves and maracas on the song.

The complete cross-beat cycle is three claves in length.

Additionally, the pianist is responsible for playing wooden claves or rumba-sticks.

The floor is crisscrossed with slats of light that are a visual metaphor, perhaps, for claves.

Cumbia was mainly performed with just drums and claves.

Claves: These percussion instruments are a pair of hard thick sticks and usually set the beat throughout the song.

Also used are claves and, sometimes, spoons.

The lead singer usually plays claves.

The little ocher dredge at work off the end of the dock already plays the dry perfectly off-beat claves.

Cowbells, claves and shakers tend to have more defined roles and a set pattern.

The genre is based in a fusion of flamenco singing and the Afro-Cuban claves.

A very old man was making a rich, sonorous clicking sound with a pair of wooden claves, outlining the music's rhythmic basis.