Clave rhythms for beginners Tutorial 

This is by far the best explanation I have found on RU-vid! Bravo 👏

As a college student studying jazz piano, I find this very helpful. Very clear explanation. Thanks so much!!

i love this sassy man: thank you and very helpful for a presentation i have coming up

I really needed a good explanation on the 6/8 clave. Great teaching bro. God bless you ;)

Thank you. The 6/8 one... i will need to work on some. Thanks for this video!

Michael , thank you so much for all your great teaching ! It has given me great improvement and understanding and a lot of fun too of course.

still an excellent teacher

Thanks for sharing your great talent!

Very helpful! I didn't quite get the last 6/8 clave, but my problem not yours (LOL); you explained it well. Mucho thanx

You are a great teacher. Keep it up.

Nice explanation, thanks.

Thank you for this! What you refer to as Rumba clave is what I was taught in music school to be Cuban clave. I’m learning that I may have been incorrectly taught.

I really like your teaching style Mikey, you've got a good way of breaking down the lessons. Enjoyable to follow. Nice one dude. Stay cool. :-)

Excelente explicacion!

Muchas gracias!!

Very good Mike!

Thank you!

great tutorial, I just got a clave!

Thanks every so much - this helped me a lot!

Awesome!

Great stuff. Very similar to the way my uncle taught me as a kid. Very cool.

that's fabulous

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Michael, Thank you for the wonderful teaching. In the Son Clave, Rumba Clave, you gave where the hits fall in the four count measures. Can you give where the hits fall in the 6/8 measures? I was able to play the first 3 rhythms with you on my guitar. Once I get them all down that way, then I will try to expand my guitar playing around the clave rhythms. Thanks again for helping me to improve as a musician!!

Your teaching style is outstanding! You should examine deeper the rhythm's application on the instruments

Hey brother! Do you have a spotify chanel? I am mostly interested in classic recordings, but also need a heavy stream of percussion heavy current recordings.

I wish I could hear him talking

I can't chew gum and walk at the same time. How could I ever play the claves?

This is an ancient African musical instrument, rhythm and pattern still used in African music today in Africa as well as by descendants of Africa today in music. The sound is the sound of Africa with the exact same pattern. It does not have Latin origin and is rather one of many “African Rhythm” introduced to Latin culture by Afro-Latinos. We have Africans in many cultures across the globe sharing the sound of Africa. You will hear this music and rhythm sound in servers cultures outside of Latin for that reason. Everybody give a shout out TO AFRICA. Listen to Afro Beat Music, Afro Dance Music, Nigerian Music, Angola Music, Uganda Music, Ghana Music, and more (all in Africa) and you will find this instrument rhythm and same rhythm pattern and sound. Latin culture has Afro-Latino to thank for introducing the sound to the culture (Afro-Dominican, Afro-Puerto Rican, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban) but that doesn’t make it Latin. It’s still an African instrument and music by very ancient origin. The instrument and rhythm sound is new to Latin culture, but not to Africa and it’s people by African descent. It’s passed down generation to generation and remains The Sound of Africa. Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Music, Jamaican Music (reggae and Dancehall), St Lúcia Afro, all has this same pattern in their Music.