 Hi everyone this is Jason here from Nathaniel and in this lesson as part of our series on how to make arpeggios sound unique and develop an original flavour, we are going to look at Latin rhythms and more specifically the claves which are sort of the backbone of Latin music and all things groovy if you will. So I am going to introduce you to a few Latin rhythms, I have also done videos on these things, we will link them up in the description, we have talked about thresio, we have talked about a lot of these things before but not with arpeggios. So I am now going to look at all these rhythms with arpeggios but if you would like additional learning do check out our links in the description. And before I get started very quickly if you haven't already please subscribe to our channel, turn on the bell icon for notifications and let's go. So the same chords as what we have been doing in our series E minor, G major, D major and A major. Okay I am using inversions in order to navigate them better and also to create a better sound and a better cohesive vibe when I play the arpeggios. And I am also playing them using inversions which makes it very easy to shift and also very nice on the ear, some nice voicing. So a common way to play these chords would end up being which I have talked about in an earlier introductory video on these arpeggios or maybe you can start from the top. So these are nice, these sound awesome but they don't sound unique. So what we are going to try to do in this lesson is to use the clave hit points which are at all the interesting beats and subdivisions to kind of develop a very groovy sounding arpeggio if you will. Okay so the first rhythm which I would like you to try out and practice with me is what we call as the thresio. The thresio we have written it down there so check that out and what happens there is you have the hit points at 1e and a 2e and a. So it is a 2 beat rhythm if you divide the beat by 4 so you need to first count your 16th notes 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e. So a great way to start counting the 16th notes would end up being with accents. You can go 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e, I am accenting all the down beats. So first practice this 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2. Now try to practice the e 1e 2e e 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1. In other words I am just saying it a bit louder. Now the end 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2. Sounds a bit funny but you have to do it 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 3e and now my favourite the ers 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a 3e. So these interesting Latin rhythms and generally any groovy dance rhythm is going to end up needing all of these subdivisions. You need to divide the beat generally by 4 so that's 1e and a you have 16 spots to fill in a bar of 4. And you need to give gaps playing something like daba daba daba daba or neanna. Maybe tough on your fingers but it's very easy on the mind because your mind doesn't have to remove anything and it doesn't have to track the way beats are flowing one after the other. It's just ongoing and repetitive in a ladder like approach. So we are not our intention by dividing the beat by 4 is not to play fast but to have more options to express our notes on our respective arpeggio which we are going to play. So the thresio is basically ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta so what are my hit points 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4. So it's a 2 beat phrase which loops you can loop it over 4 beats so that goes 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a 2e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a 4e. Take the e minor chord and try to vibe with the thresio and for the purpose of this lesson I may end up using the shaker just to give you an idea but actually this is going to be replaced with your left hand playing the root of the chord in this case e for e minor, g for g major, d for d major and a for a major. So you go 1e and a 2e and a 3e. So I'll first play it and then teach you slowly 1e and a 2e and a 3e. So that's your simple e minor. You may argue doesn't this sound like a triplet? No this doesn't. This is not a triplet. You're not dividing by 3. You're dividing by 4 but you have these irregular divisions which ends up giving you 3 notes. By playing 3 notes it doesn't become a triplet. So I've linked up a lot of rhythm videos which I've already talked about in detail. I've talked about triplets, I've compared them, we've also done a little bit of polyrhythms and some fancier stuff. So do check out the rhythm links in the description. So this is the thresio. So you can do it either lmh starting from the bottom, new chord, d major, a major. If you're uncomfortable doing all the 4 chords just take it with one chord that itself will sound awesome. You can also start from the top end, high, middle note, low note. So that'll be change. So thresio is an incredible rhythm. It just makes everything sound dancy. Okay, so on the left hand you just hold the roots, 1e and a 2e and a 3e. It's also nice and a good responsibility to be able to play the pulse in your left hand while you do the right hand arpeggios because the left hand will then compliment it well and give you and your listeners a sense of movement. Movement doesn't only come from this pattern, it also comes from the fact that this pattern is played with an incredibly steady and strong pulse. You can start from the bottom. So that was about the thresio. Now let's move forward. The next rhythm which is really, really important for Latin music and dance music in general is called as the clave. I'm going to teach you a few of them but more specifically spend some time on the song clave. The song clave will take the thresio at these hit points, 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4. So you don't copy the thresio at beats 3 and 4. Instead you do 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4. And of the 3 and the on of the 4. So it's also what we call a 3 is to 2. Where in the first 3 beats are exciting. And the next 2 is relaxing. So it creates an incredible rhythmic framework. So I'll count that down for you with the shaker. 1e and a 2e and a starting. 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4. Let's try playing along with me and let's just play along with the E minor chord for now. So we go. Now you could do. Or. Or. Or. What I'm trying to say is there's any kind of ordering you can do with these notes to make it sound even more different or even more unique. You know, if this rhythm wasn't cool enough, you even have the patterns of the chord notes. So I'm just going to stick with one pattern. Slower. 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e and a 2e and a right and a 3e. 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e. Now let's do it with the chord changes. And as always with the bass trying to do the pulse. Pum pum pum pare. Pum pum pum pare. Pum pum pum pare. Pum pum pum pare. Pum pum pum pare. Okay. Another thing we do with these claves now that you got the kind of vibe of a 3e 2e, you can flip it around and then get a 2e 3e vibe. So you could start with what you did at the 3e, 3e and a 4e and a bring it to that flip it around and you get something like. So 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a. So the thresio starts from the 3. Thresio remembers a two beat rhythm. Pum pum pum pare. Pum pum pum pare. You may like that even better. There's so many things we are able to do with the song clave. We have the 3 2 clave, we have the 2 3 clave and then you just have the orders of notes itself which you can mess around with. So you go. So common variations which you could look at. Once you've mastered the thresio and then the song clave 3 2 and 2 3 would be just add one note at the end to make it more arpeggio like. So I'll play it and then show you. So you have 3 note patterns. It's not a triplet mind you. It's 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4. That would have been song clave. But I'm adding that B. That final note there which will be at 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a. You're adding the end of the 4. So that's a nice rhythm I guess customized for an arpeggio phrase. Let's play this along. Keep the pulse in the left hand. 1e and a 2e and a 3e and 1e and a 3e. Okay. So two more common variations which we have along with the song clave. One will be the bossa clave or the bossa nova clave which is the same in the first two beats. That's the thresio copy. So the second half changes. I'll play it and then show you. 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e. So it's at the e of the 4. Bossa nova clave is used more for like EDM stuff. Lot more excitement because of those ease in the ears which sound a lot more excitable than the ands. And of course the on beat which is rather boring. Okay. And lastly another variation would be the rumba clave. The rumba clave messes with the thresio the first two beats. So that'll be ta ta ta. So 1e and a 2e and a. So the a of the 2 as opposed to the and of the 2 which is what the song clave gave us. I'll play it and show you. 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4 and a 4 becomes the same. The shaker. So that was the rumba. So let's recap the entire lesson guys. What are we trying to do? We are trying to make our arpeggio pattern something as common as this. Take a very original shape. So we borrow the hit points of the Latin rhythms or the Afro Cuban rhythms if you will. You we have the thresio which is. Okay. Then we have the song clave. Then we have the song clave with an addition at the and of the four. Then we have the bossa clave the EDM thing. And the rumba. With all of this as a piano player it's very important to keep the left hand going. And what better way to keep it going than the pulse. Which is definitely for your audience to dance. And that's ultimately what you're trying to do. You're trying to create something unique and memorable in this hand in the right hand. And you're trying to give the left hand for the audience so that they will move no matter what. And if your left hand can play the pulse with respect to the right hand. This is also an incredible independence training exercise to develop your two hands to sort of work in different ways. Right what better way than the left hand doing the pulse and the right hand doing something really really different and unique. Again this is Jason here from Nathaniel. Thanks a ton for watching this lesson. 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