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Sign up for HDpiano: https://hdpiano.com/davidbennett 🎹 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. The outro music to this video is my track “Clap” which you can hear in full on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJ… And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SOURCES: https://www.finearts.uvic.ca/~aschlos…    • From the African 6:8 rhythm to the Am…   https://sunhou.se/blog/the-rhythmic-w…    • Bembé “Afro-Cuban 6/8” – Drum Groove   https://pulse.berklee.edu/?id=4&lesso…    • Scotch Snaps in Hip Hop      • From the African 6:8 rhythm to the Am…      • what is SWING percentage?      • Purcell: Z 605/2. ‘Twas within a furl…      • The Charleston (1926)      • Why do we knock like this? | What Is …   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