18 Rhythms you should know

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Not every rhythm has a widely recognised name, but for those that do it will be because that rhythm has a particular cultural significance. So today we are going to look at 18 of these "named" rhythms so you can be familar with how they sound and where they come from.

📌NOTE: on 15th April 2025 I had to cut out the clips of "Faith" by George Michael, “Panic in Detroit” by David Bowie and "His Latest Flame" by Elvis from the Bo Diddley beat section of this video due to copyright claims.

The outro music to this video is my track "Clap" which you can hear in full on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJ...


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SOURCES:
https://www.finearts.uvic.ca/~aschlos...
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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Son Clave
1:30 Bo Diddley beat
2:42 Tresillo
4:32 Rumba Clave
5:30 Standard African Bell pattern
6:21 Shuffle
7:40 HDpiano
8:14 Swing
9:21 Scotch Snap
10:24 Bossa Nova
11:34 Charleston
12:09 Waltz
13:27 5/4 clave
14:00 Triplets
14:25 Tuplets
14:43 3:2 Polyrhythm
15:51 4:3 Polyrhythm
16:44 Football Clap
17:37 Shave and a haircut, two bits
18:34 Patreon

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