Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
This is the way we play the rhythm sticks: Let's get creative and see what we can do with the rhythm sticks! Let's sing and play together!
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ℹ Claves or Rhythm Sticks are a percussion instrument, consisting of a pair of short, thick hardwood sticks. Claves are very important in Cuban music. They are often used to play a repeating rhythmic figure throughout a piece, known as clave, a key pattern that is also found in African music and Brazilian music.
When struck they produce a bright clicking noise. The usual technique is to hold one lightly with the thumb and fingertips of the non-dominant hand, with the palm up. This forms the hand into a resonating chamber for the clave. The other is held by the dominant hand at one end with a firmer grip, much like how one normally holds a drumstick. With the end of this clave, the player strikes the resting clave in the center.
🎵Watch our playlists🎵:
🥁🪘Let's make music! Kids songs and stories with percussion instruments
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🎶Nursery rhymes and kids songs to sing and move along and have fun!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEvwc9la50h0aa6mqf3yJ6XJ
Singing makes you happy!
Kids music with high energy and lots of fun.
Real people, real music, real instruments – real fun!
Songs, rhymes and stories for babies, toddlers, kindergarten and preschool kids, and children of any age. A resource for nursery, kindergarten, primary / elementary school, and music teachers with ideas for the classroom and for early childhood music education.
This is the way we play the rhythm sticks: Let's get creative and see what we can do with the rhythm sticks! Let's sing and play together!
🎤Need lyrics to sing along? Turn on closed captions / subtitles (CC).
ℹ Claves or Rhythm Sticks are a percussion instrument, consisting of a pair of short, thick hardwood sticks. Claves are very important in Cuban music. They are often used to play a repeating rhythmic figure throughout a piece, known as clave, a key pattern that is also found in African music and Brazilian music.
When struck they produce a bright clicking noise. The usual technique is to hold one lightly with the thumb and fingertips of the non-dominant hand, with the palm up. This forms the hand into a resonating chamber for the clave. The other is held by the dominant hand at one end with a firmer grip, much like how one normally holds a drumstick. With the end of this clave, the player strikes the resting clave in the center.
🎵Watch our playlists🎵:
🥁🪘Let's make music! Kids songs and stories with percussion instruments
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEsdZ8tJlddlWVB-WMj4Zwgg
🎶Nursery rhymes and kids songs to sing and move along and have fun!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEvwc9la50h0aa6mqf3yJ6XJ
Singing makes you happy!
Kids music with high energy and lots of fun.
Real people, real music, real instruments – real fun!
Songs, rhymes and stories for babies, toddlers, kindergarten and preschool kids, and children of any age. A resource for nursery, kindergarten, primary / elementary school, and music teachers with ideas for the classroom and for early childhood music education.
