About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 124. Chapters: Time signature, Tempo, Blast beat, Ride cymbal, Syncopation, Polyrhythm, Metronome, Rhythm guitar, Hemiola, Clave, List of musical works in unusual time signatures, Tuplet, Additive rhythm and divisive rhythm, Rhythmic mode, Groove, Rhythmical office, Tempo rubato, Swung note, Phrase, Boogie, Isochrony, Cross-beat, Capoeira toques, Shave and a Haircut, D-beat, Dotted note, Note value, Swing, Rest, Bar, TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process, Drum beat, Compound meter, Isorhythm, Colotomy, Pulse, Counting, Gatra, Usul, Alla breve, Rhythm syllables, Iqa', Half time, Beat induction, Fermata, Tempo giusto, Metric modulation, Free time, Four-on-the-floor, Arsis and thesis, Tenuto, Groovology, Perceptual attack time, Motorik, Rhythm in Persian music, Entrainment, Rosanna shuffle, Time scale, Double-time, Copula, Jiuchi, Schaffel, Harmonic rhythm, Beat deafness, Dumbek rhythms, Anacrusis, Tumbao, Beledi, Wazn, Interonset interval, Irama, Polytempo, Rhythmic unit, Canter rhythm, Cinquillo, Multitemporal music, Composite rhythm, A capriccio, Gallop, Rhythmic gesture, Lombard rhythm, Time-point, Non-retrogradable rhythm, Tatum grid, Tribal rhythms, Isometre, Eight to the bar. Excerpt: The clave rhythmic pattern is used as a tool for temporal organization in Afro-Cuban music, such as rumba, conga de comparsa, son, son montuno, mambo, salsa, Latin jazz, songo and timba. The five-stroke clave pattern represents the structural core of many Afro-Cuban rhythms. Just as a keystone holds an arch in place, the clave pattern holds the rhythm together in Afro-Cuban music. The clave pattern originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions, where it serves essentially the same function as it does in Cuba. The pattern is also found in the African diaspora musics of Haitian vodou drumming, Afro-Brazilian music and Afro-Uruguayan music (Candombe). The c...
