[/quote]Quinto Governor II wrote:1. Does the clave cycle begin on 1? 2. What is the practical definition of singing in clave, and what exactly is meant by "crossing the clave"?
burke wrote:Any how can any of you remember what it was like for you back when you were tryng to truely internalize your clave and play at the same time? Any hints?
Darrell
burke wrote:David, will the new book come with some sort of clave injectable drug? That would be a big help and save me years of hard work and tears Darrell
Quinto Governor II wrote:I recall reading in a forum speaking about a musician trying to get an understanding of clave, from Mongo Santamaria, and Mongo's reply was " Either you feel clave or you don't " This statement may be interpreted in many ways, but if nothing else, it sums up the ambiguous nature of this subject.
jorge wrote:So how does a person LEARN to feel the clave? ... La universidad de la calle, it is not warm and fuzzy, but it works. ... All the intellectual and theoretical explanations may be nice for Juilliard trained music theorists and performers, but these explanations don't seem to produce percussionists who can play in clave.
Quinto Governor II wrote:Sorry guys maybe I'm just a hopeless case. Some how I don't understand how, if clave is a sound musical principle, why can it be written in the compositions, whereby; musicians trained in music theory, and with the ability to read music, could simply follow it ?
Quinto Governor II wrote:1. Does this mean folkloric music is always played in 3/2 rumba clave and never 2/3 rumba clave?.. 2. if clave is a sound musical principle, why can it be written in the compositions, whereby; musicians trained in music theory, and with the ability to read music, could simply follow it ?
guarachon63 wrote:David, where will your book be available?
Quinto Governor II wrote:Why is this pattern called 3/2 ? the division sounds to me like 2 stokes a rest then 3 strokes, If its based on where the strokes fall in the 2 bars, I don't understand the count that's being use. When I count straight quarter notes, I get 2 in the first bar and 3 in the second.
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