This man is by far the absolute best teacher of Latin music I have ever come across on video in the thirty or so years that I've been interested in learning about it.

@Eddysuconga

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir. I appreciate your comment very much. I was lucky I had myself a good pack of good teachers explaining things to me in a clear and understandable way... Muchas Gracias!

I learned to play the clave rhythm on a cowbell. The 6/8 on an iron ago-go, with the 1 on the lower bell. This was for basic African rhythms played on conga/djembe. Later I learned rhumba clave rhythm. That’s was in the mid 90’s. Our instructor taught us that if we choose to play cowbell or clave we have to be ON IT, as far as keeping time. Not only to keep the time for the musicians, also because it is loud. Great video. They are some sad sticks being sold as ‘clave’. No punch, too small. Old rosewood ones are the best!!!

Very few know how to teach theory, history of the instrument, and how to execute the rhythmic patterns. AWESOME ‼️

Really nice to get a little context. You convey ”feel” and conscious knowledge.

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thank you for this! I am a middle school science teacher in the South Bronx, and proud Nuyorican. We have different signals to get the students' attention. I love to use the clave beat. I clap it as the call to attention, and the students clap it back to let me know they hear me and they are ready. Its a great way to affirm their african roots (since all life originated there), and it brings a lot of joy. But many of them were unfamiliar with the clave beat. So I played the beginning of your video and they got it right away! 🥰

@revkelly58

2 ай бұрын

Is it a call and responce thing ? You do the first part and they respond? 2/3 or 3/2.

I'm amazed at how complex it is to beat two pieces of wood together. Very informative video thank you!

I love Cuban music and I play. Absolutely correct, clave was developed in Cuba. It originated in Sub Saharan Africa. Just an observation. Give Thanks

I was searching something like this for my intro to Son class this coming weekend and I have to say - one of the best videos I've seen on Cuban rhythm. I'm not a musician but everything taught in this video will make me a better dancer. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

What a fabulous class. My favorite teacher, by far. Fun and informative. If you want to learn percussion, this is the place to start.

Thank you so much for the explanation! I have always been so confused between the 2/3 and 3/2 claves and Son and Rumba clave rhythm, thinking that whichever side the 2 and 3 counts hit made them either Son or Rumba claves. I have asked people and Googled to try to figure it out and you totally cleared up the confusion for me. Your explanation is so clear and thorough.

Yayyyy. I am a drummer and drumming instructor. I really think that Dance Papi is an EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR! Remember that English is probably not even his first language, and yet his choice of words of explanation in English is absolutely superb. Of course you can tell that he has been speaking English for many years, and I'm sure also teaching in English. I have great respect for this amazing gentleman. He used fantastic, colorful analogies in his explanations also. What I particularly like here is that he is clearly explaining something that is second nature and indigenous to him since he was a boy growing up listening and dancing to his native music; and yet without condescending, he breaks it down and makes it very easy to understand to the non Latin musician or dancer. Anyway, bravissimo to a fabulous educator.

This video is so so good. 6 years late to the party but wow. So insightful!

Love home boys t-shirt in these videos, awesome energy!

I can't learn this fast enough! Thank you, Papi!

You explained Claves perfectly. I like your style.

Man!!! This hurt my brain so much (in a good way), well done.. esp at 31:11 the singing alongside rumba clave, best exercise ever to learn to hear the beats!! Thank you. EDIT: I've now listened to a few songs and was finally able to hear the clave rithm :-)) great explanations, so comprehensive

I kept asking dance teachers if you could tell the difference between a 3:2 and 2:3 Clave if the Clave is implicit only. None of them could give me a decent answer. Finally I have my answer as to how the other instruments are arranged around the Clave. Thank you..

Excellent, thank you! You're probably the only guy who can make a 45 min video on a (seemingly) simple two bar rhythm and make it interesting as well as entertaining... very good & helpful resource on the topic!! Best wishes to you, your family & friends!!!

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

La mejor y mas detallada explicación que he visto para entender la clave !!!!! Gracias !!!!

I just received my first set of claves an hour ago and found you on KZread. Thank you! You’re a great teacher with a passion for rhythm.

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Very, very well explained. Best instruction I have ever seen on this concept!

I have no words to thank you, Dance Papi! Greetings from Greece and fairwell!

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your excellent teaching method. Your singing of rhythms and melodic counting helps so much. 🙏

Thank you so much for this! The together-hand-foot starting at 20:15 really made it a lot better for me ! Great, thanks !!!

@RMPRODUCCIONAUDIOVISUAL

Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.!!...I invite you to know why THE KEY is...THE KEY.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJWomcaRgK-udKw.html

You have cleared up so much muckery in this video. I love your combination of love for the music, your cerebriality, and the fact that it moves your body too. All three are important to me. Thanks so much!

This video has helped me so much in being able to stay dancing on beat during complex salsa songs. Thank you!

Muchisimas gracias! I'm taking an Afro-cuban percussion class and your tutorial has really helped me to understand the fundamentals of the clavé and where it fits in. I am looking forward to learning how these clavé rhythms fit with the conga, bongo, and timbales rhythms! Hasta luego!

I feel like I'm in your living room......you have given me more understanding of the Clave in 45 min than I had discovered in 2years of playing Tumbau......many thanks Edgardo!

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comments! We have new videos coming soon!

@PACSFIXER

6 жыл бұрын

Gorrell

Playing along with this video is great. Thus guys a good teacher.

Great explanation. I enjoy finding clave in many rock & roll recordings from the 50s,60s, 70s then pointing it out to my music loving friends I've tried to enlighten. 3,2 clave is all over pop music.

Love this!

thanks from germany for this very nice video. I learned a lot. :-)

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

Great lesson! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with the world!

I've just stated latin jazz piano lesson. So it was worth watching this lesson. Thank you very much. I was reading about clave as a pattern played on the pulse of the song. Tbey said that it's as important in lafro-cuban music as swing is in traditional jazz.

Outstanding! Thank you!!!

Edgardo, your videos are SO informative. They're really dripping with knowledge and context, I always pick up on so many new details! Thanks from Pennsylvania.

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Urie!

Thanks a lot. This video is so much helpfully for me, and now i clearly understand the differences or the types of clave. God bless you.

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Widy!

Such an easy listening clave lesson!! Best one ever!!

Never listened to Latin music a day in my life and just watched this dude talking about these tiny logs for almost an hour...

@dancepapi

2 жыл бұрын

These tiny logs can groove... :-)

@Eddysuconga

2 жыл бұрын

Shane, welcome to Latin Music (African based Latin Music), I take your comment as a great compliment! Thanks for watching. Edgardo.

wonderful class!He must be a experience educator,explaining all in a simply and clear way!Thank you so much!

@dancepapi

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Zishi!

Very good explanation of clave, thank you.

Thank you for posting. I just got some rumba claves.

Love the way you teach...so natural and definitely have learnt loads having never played this instrument!

@dancepapi

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

De muchos de los videos aca en youtube, este viejo es el mejor, the music is in Dance Papis blood!

Excellent! Thanks maestro !

Wow. Brilliant. Well explained with lots of context. I love your enthusiasm. Thanks.

@dancepapi

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much, this is a fantastic class, grounded in tradition and delivered in a graceful and charming manner. I will share!

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Salud!

amazing! your explanation was just perfect!

Fascinating. Thanks for the lecture.

thank you great video, and love your smile when you sing!

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Gracias Jay!

Thank you Dance Papi! 😊😎 I visited Cuba in Holguin and I loved the people. 😘

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Salud!

Thank you. Very understandable. i would love to see more Videos about Salsa / Afro Cuban music & instruments. Greetings from Germany

Muchísimas gracias maestro, en esta clase ud. entrega un montón de conocimiento tan valioso. Saludos desde Chile!

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Salud!

You really understand how to teach! Thank you

@dancepapi

5 жыл бұрын

Salud!

I watched this video intently (and I will again and again). Thank you for your insight on Facebook to my question, and for your knowledge that you are sharing. You make me a better (aspiring) musician. - Gerry V.

What a great teacher. Lovely manner. Very helpful. Very "true" thank you

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you so much for this video. It clarifies what I have been telling my students. This is great.

@dancepapi

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Mil Gracias, Maestro

Gracias Edgardo. Tus videos son clarísimos y muy generosos.

@dancepapi

6 жыл бұрын

Salud!

What a great, clear, helpful lesson! Gracias!

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you April!

Great instruction! I'm an instant fan. And putting in some historical context, that just makes it all the more interesting. I'm eager to learn more from you folks.

@dancepapi

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert. We're lucky to have Edgardo as a featured instructor and we look forward to sharing many more videos with you in the future.

Gracias! Muy bien explicado la diferencia entre son y rumba clave. Ahora a enseñar musica cubana a los alumnos aqui e Dinamarca.

You are just awesome! Informative lesson and amazing vibe. Thank you so much!

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alina!

Very clear 👍

Master class... hugs from Portugal...

@dancepapi

8 жыл бұрын

+Amandio Brito Gracias Amandio!

I love using percussion instruments. I'm glad I landing on your channel! Great stuff!

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Excellent explanation of the claves! Thanks a lot! You are such an inspirational teacher and player!!!

@RMPRODUCCIONAUDIOVISUAL

Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.!!...I invite you to know why THE KEY is...THE KEY.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJWomcaRgK-udKw.html

The best, Dance Papi! Gracias, amigo! Sabes que me gusta la camiseta! Bien firme!

best explanation i've seen, thank you

Thanks a lot from Belgium

soo clear, thankyouu

if you need a good example of each watch 12 mins in to 15

Thanks. You gave me a great understanding for the clave and I gonna feel it different now.

@Eddysuconga

7 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Frank, Thank you!

no soy cubana pero oírte cantar guaguanco(si no es guaguanco perdona la ignorancia) me llego al alma que bonito

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Gracias Ana!

Mil Gracias, Maestro.

Excelentísima explicación maestro! Mil gracias!!! Voy a verme todos sus videos ya mismo.

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Gracias Marco!

This is such a great video. Thank you

@RMPRODUCCIONAUDIOVISUAL

Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.!!...I invite you to know why THE KEY is...THE KEY.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJWomcaRgK-udKw.html

Extremely valuable.

@RMPRODUCCIONAUDIOVISUAL

Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.!!...I invite you to know why THE KEY is...THE KEY.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJWomcaRgK-udKw.html

Bought 'Son' claves as a souvenir in Cuba... Now I can play them (correctly) too! ;-) Grtz from Son, Belgium

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Happy playing!

@oneworld9071

6 жыл бұрын

Son Mertens what a perfect choice; the clave rhythm is perhaps the singular point of birth of every note and dynamic the band feels and plays to in Latin, which further heavily impacted every second of music that causes (forces) the body to move to the music. clave to me is a trance drug :) enjoy much..... note that SOME AfroLatin songs play clave very explicitly, while others are much more subtle. When feeling it clicks, you'll never recover :)

@jcbirdman74

6 жыл бұрын

Son Mertens nice to know in Belgium you enjoy the clave. We race pigeons "Duiven" here in America and Belgium is the birth place of it.

soo well described! thanks.

wow extensive! thanks so much. gave me a lot to digest. Cheers from Singapore!

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

This is so helpful!! Thank you so much!

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Super clear and super cool!! Gracias compay!!

This is amazing. Super like! Thank you for making and sharing is wonderful knowledge!

@dancepapi

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Good stuff!

Thank you, Dance Papi. Great lesson.

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Thank you, you are a master

great lesson! thanks so much.

Fabulous and very helpful.

@RMPRODUCCIONAUDIOVISUAL

Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.!!...I invite you to know why THE KEY is...THE KEY.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJWomcaRgK-udKw.html

Thanks so much for the detailed instructions...

@dancepapi

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Muchas Gracias!!

Thank you very much! So helpfull! Best wishes from Vienna!

@dancepapi

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

EXCELLENT!!! Thank you. :-)

Thanks for the lesson. Love the T-shirt

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Ty from Canada

Gracias por compartir

Thank you so much for such an informative video. Sharing with all my salsa friends :)

@dancepapi

8 жыл бұрын

+nitesh dulal Thank you Nitesh!

Wow, this is so interesting and useful. Thank you! 🎶

@dancepapi

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you, this was very helpful and also a lot of fun to watch. :)

@dancepapi

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

excellent teacher and muso

@dancepapi

5 жыл бұрын

thank you!