Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
We have the rhythm sticks in our hands. Now it’s time to play the rhythm sticks. It's a great song to explore different percussion instruments with little children. Let's sing and play the rhythm sticks 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.
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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.
We have the rhythm sticks in our hands. Now it’s time to play the rhythm sticks. It's a great song to explore different percussion instruments with little children. Let's sing and play the rhythm sticks 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 move! Action songs for kids to sing and move along
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEtscO0eFFVYVI1Euzx5uSC7
🥁🪘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.
