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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unlocking ... 731?v=wallRELECTIVE SYMMETRY:the regularity of a pattern or shape in which one half of the figure is a mirror image of the other half.
- RELECTIVE SYMMETRY
If you look at the left side of the picture, you will see a snow covered mountain (above), reflected in a lake (below). The right side of the picture reflects the opposite image of the left side: the reflection is above and the actual mountain is below. This image of reflective opposites illustrates the binary structure of clave, and its variants, such as the standard bell pattern.
TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED BEAT CYCLESThe Clave Matrix p. 65 © Bembe 2010
- TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED BEAT CYCLES
When we remove the fourth stroke of the standard bell pattern, we are left with the generative, or theoretic form of the part.
RELECTIVE SYMMETRYThe Clave Matrix p. 66 © Bembe 2010
When the generative form of the bell pattern is viewed in a circular configuration, a reflective symmetry is revealed; the opposing cells appear to be arranged along a mirror line, with the right side (antecedent) reflected by the left side (consequent).