For the excerpt he is dancing and teaching to, the song is in 2/3 clave. There is technically only one clave (there are different schools of thought on this), and the music is phrased around the clave, which is a two bar pattern. Yes, there is clave son and rumba clave, and I am aware of the displacement of the 8th note in rumba clave; however, my maestro taught me that the musical phrasing is what dictates these "shifts" in the clave, so to speak, as the clave never changes, only the music around the clave changes. Even in rumba clave, you can still hear clave son and vice versa - it's all how the music is speaking and phrasing around the clave. I am not a dancing expert by the way lol, that's why im here!! I am a pianist who studies montunos xD
It seems to me if you actually dance to the clave, you end up wrong-footed. The clave has five beats over two bars. That is why you add the step on 4 in your count so as to end up on the correct foot to start over on 1. So, strictly speaking, you cannot dance to the clave.
@@CaptainSalsa Great video. But it's a bit confusing if a person does not know what the clave beats are. So to express it differently, you are starting in the 2nd bar, and stepping on beat #s 5, 6.5 and 8 and then back to beat #s 2 and 3 on the 1st bar. So the 2-3 clave beats you step on are - 2 3 5 6.5 8! You actually call beat # 6.5 "And".
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This is hard, I MUST learn this!!!!!
O yes! It's hard but i'ts a lots of fun
Love it!
Beautiful
Is the "&" after the 5th count 6 or 7? Thanks and keep up the great work!
Edit: Sorry, I missed where you said it was after count 6!
Is this song on 3/2 or 2/3 clave.Give me the full count starting on 1.Fantastic dancing!!!
For the excerpt he is dancing and teaching to, the song is in 2/3 clave. There is technically only one clave (there are different schools of thought on this), and the music is phrased around the clave, which is a two bar pattern. Yes, there is clave son and rumba clave, and I am aware of the displacement of the 8th note in rumba clave; however, my maestro taught me that the musical phrasing is what dictates these "shifts" in the clave, so to speak, as the clave never changes, only the music around the clave changes. Even in rumba clave, you can still hear clave son and vice versa - it's all how the music is speaking and phrasing around the clave. I am not a dancing expert by the way lol, that's why im here!! I am a pianist who studies montunos xD
@@beaucornelius3467 Thank you Beau not easy but fun!!!
ok. now in pairs
It seems to me if you actually dance to the clave, you end up wrong-footed. The clave has five beats over two bars. That is why you add the step on 4 in your count so as to end up on the correct foot to start over on 1. So, strictly speaking, you cannot dance to the clave.
This is on1? So instead of the normal 1L 2R 3L 5R 6L 7R, you step on 2L 3R 3+L 5R 6+L 8R?
Is your style classic mambo, not modern mambo?
This is ON2 (classic mambo). I'm playing Musicality. I use the Clave rhythm (5and8 23 and)
@@CaptainSalsa Great video. But it's a bit confusing if a person does not know what the clave beats are. So to express it differently, you are starting in the 2nd bar, and stepping on beat #s 5, 6.5 and 8 and then back to beat #s 2 and 3 on the 1st bar. So the 2-3 clave beats you step on are - 2 3 5 6.5 8! You actually call beat # 6.5 "And".