Just like chords and scales—there are rhythm patterns that artists use across all genres and styles of music.

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In this video Matt Burns unpacks a handful of the most basic rhythm patterns used in popular music.

Believe it or not, so much music is inspired by the Afro-Cuban claves and tresillos used in salsa, mambo and bossa nova music.

Learning how to identify important rhythm patterns like The Charleston, the tresillo, the hemiola and the son clave is an incredibly valuable skill for learning to modern music and finding inspiration to write better tracks.

Learn more about the clave: https://blog.landr.com/clave-variations/
Learn more about syncopation: https://blog.landr.com/syncopation/
Learn more about polyrhythms: https://blog.landr.com/polyrhythm/

00:00 Introduction
00:31 The Charleston
01:21 The Tresillo
02:08 Hemiola
03:07 4/3
04:20 The Double Tresillo
05:11 The 3:2 Son Clave
05:51 Wrap up