How to Use Afro-Cuban 6/8 Clave in Jazz 4/4 Swing – Learn how to integrate Afro-Cuban rhythms into jazz by shifting the 6/8 clave over 4/4 swing. This video explores the connection between African 6/8 and jazz syncopation, demonstrating how moving the clave by eighth notes creates 12 different swing patterns. Using the jazz standard Have You Met Miss Jones, we apply these concepts in a practical, musical way.
previous video on the relationship between African 6/8 and Jazz 4/4 swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znAObK7NW1k
pdfs of 12 claves
1. bell pattern in 6/8
https://guitarlessonsithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/12-claves-in-standard-notation.pdf
2. bell pattern in 4/4
https://guitarlessonsithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/12-claves-in-4-4.pdf
3. original clave in 6/8
https://guitarlessonsithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/12-claves-original-clave.pdf
4. original clave in 4/4
https://guitarlessonsithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/12-claves-original-clave-in-4-4.pdf
rhythm generator course
https://guitarlessonsithaca.com/RhythmGenerator/
odd time signatures course
https://guitarlessonsithaca.com/oddtimes/
timeline
00:00 introduction
01:03 bell pattern in 6/8
01:40 original 6/8 clave
02:17 konnakol syllables
03:39 applying the clave to jazz 4/4 swing
04:55 rhythm generator course
05:13 odd meters course
05:30 Have You Met Miss Jones with 12 claves