The pattern
130 BPM · 4/4 · 32 step
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 | Beat 5 | Step 18 | Step 19 | Step 20 | Beat 6 | Step 22 | Step 23 | Step 24 | Beat 7 | Step 26 | Step 27 | Step 28 | Beat 8 | Step 30 | Step 31 | Step 32 |
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| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Rim shot | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Shaker | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit |
How to play it and where it comes from
Bossa nova (Rio, late 1950s: João Gilberto, Jobim): the cross-stick (rim) plays the "bossa clave" over two bars (1, the "and" of 2, 4 | 2, the "and" of 3), which differs from the son clave in having its last hit displaced. The soft kick plays 1, the "and" of 2, 3, the "and" of 4 (a dotted eighth-sixteenth figure derived from the surdo), doubling the bass, which moves between root and fifth. Hi-hat or brushes in eighths, very light shaker in sixteenths. Low dynamics, everything very intimate. Variants: reversed clave (starting from the "2" bar), circular brushes in place of the hi-hat. Tempo 100–160 per quarter note, often around 120–140.