clave
- noun
- /klɑːveɪ/
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clave
- Each group of participants joined me in a quiet classroom, and I presented the children with a box of sound-producing objects (e.g., rain sticks, cabasas, hand drums, pairs of rhythm sticks, claves) and invited the children to play with the objects in any manner they liked.
Examples
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To illustrate such play, Littleton described an episode where two boys made vocal sound effects and waved metal triangle beaters and claves at each other, as if they were engaged in a sword fight.
Academic text (2015) -
The steady beat can be played on rhythm sticks or a bell, whereas the clave pattern can be performed on claves or on bottles with a metal striker or a coin.
Academic text (2011) -
Younger members can enjoy stories of the cymbals that hit the floor moments before the performance, the time a trombone player got lost in another town, or the time the xylophone player forgot her mallets and used claves to play her part, for example.
Academic text (2010) -
For example, African and Latin instruments, such as djembe, claves, and congas, can be added to traditional band percussion sections, and I have found several pieces that are enhanced by adding my Afro-Latin percussion students to the band for performances.
Academic text (2009) -
At the salsa class, each dancer tapped the clave to keep in rhythm with the music.
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The musician struck the clave twice, producing a sharp sound that echoed in the small room.
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In traditional Latin music, the clave serves as an essential instrument that sets the tempo for the performance.
Synonyms
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A thing you hit, shake, or scrape to make sound in music
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Etymology
Clave (the wooden sticks) comes from Spanish and probably from Latin clava meaning 'club' or 'stick', similar in idea to the English word 'club'. So the name fits: they are simple wooden sticks you strike together to make a sharp sound.