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Re: [microsound] sgnidroceR esreveR
> Every rhythm i know to play and i listened to is structured by a basic
> pattern, which can often be heared as a bell pattern or pattern of a
> supporting drum, sometime nobody is playing it but every drummer nows
> where
> it is.
I think what you're talking about is "clave". Im pretty sure the "clave"
is a consequence of westernization of african music. As african rythms
were adopted by western society they were systematized and structured. The
different claves were developed in an attempt to systematize different
afro-latin rythms. It is most probable that black slaves themselves
started playing more structured rythms as they were influenced by the
"civilization" they were inscripted in. If you listen to really primitive
african music from non-western-influenced tribes, you will find there's no
clave at all. There is structure, but generally beyond our inmediate
understanding as western listeners.
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