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Cuica

Musical equipment; Drums

A Latin percussion instrument which sound resembles a dog barking.

Playing any groove twice as fast as its regular tempo, while the measures of music continue as normal. Often confused with Half-time. To achieve this, the back-beat is played on the & or AND of the ...

Chimes

Musical equipment; Drums

Long metal tubes that are struck with a special hammer. This percussion instrument is common in school bands and orchestras as well as symphonies.

Chops

Musical equipment; Drums

Your technique or rhythmic vocabulary. Ex. "That kid has great chops on the drums!"

Clave (clave')

Musical equipment; Drums

A rhythm made up of a 2 bar phrase played as 2:3 clave (ex: 1 2,1 2 3) or 3:2 clave (ex: 1 2 3,1 2). Once the song starts, the clave will not change. Latin American countries often clap their hands ...

Claves

Musical equipment; Drums

Percussion instrument; a pair of cylindrical wooden sticks (usually around an inch and half thick) that are clicked together to make a high pitched sound marking clave in Latin music. Sometimes made ...

Click track

Musical equipment; Drums

An audio track, consisting of short tones, that acts as a metronome, helping musicians play at a preselected tempo. May be recorded on tape, or on a MIDI sequencer.