How to Play the Claves : How the Claves Sound

Learn about the sounds that claves make in this free video series that will show you how to play claves and provide you with other percussion instrument techniques with these video music lessons.

Expert: Aaron Bland
Contact: www.aaronbland.com
Bio: Aaron Bland is a performer, recording artist, and educator who performed 136 shows in 2007. He operates a project studio, and teaches hand drums and drum sets.
Filmmaker: Dustin Daniels

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[bluestate69]

pete townshend used claves in recording the tommy track "amazing journey". he used a backward recording of a clave being hit. its the squeaking noise that is heard right before each guitar chord.

[gasmaskedman]

thank you sir

[yippe]

@threelegduck haha, nice one

[threelegduck]

@yippe "now let me take a look in your mouth"

[yippe]

i bet this guy is good at finding cavaties.

[TehChianess]

Thanks for the info man, this did come in useful since I was going to play the calves in a school musical soon and I had no idea what they were. This was a good tutorial!!^^V

[dildomatron]

Aaron's videos are so bland

[ChrisCummins]

hahaha

[leftyventricle]

Justin Timberlake?

[sothosnor]

Oh nice :D, this was useful ty