Summary: Learn some great tips on how to play the drum fills with the clave in Latin music in this free music lesson and drum theory video clip.
Kevin Grossman is a young drummer who is studying music at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, in the University of Hartford. He currently plays in the up and coming progressive band...read more
"Now you know that the clave rhythm is...But in Brazil they have the clave but they don't call it the three, two clave whatever, they just call it the clave. The have the clave and they play it all sorts of different ways. So if you are verse in measure one and measure two, if you play two-three, you have the two-three clave. One, one. If you want you can look at the music, we are playing this measure first and then doing this measure. So we are just reading it backwards."
eHow Article: How to Play Latin Drum Fills on a Clave
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aussieage said
on 5/12/2009 the clave rhythm you are playing is not what is written. (2/3 version)
you are playing
_ 2 3 _ / 1 _& _ 4
what is written is
_ 2 3 _ / 1 _& _ _&