Lesson 6 – Part 2

The Hard Clave Sound

In this session you will learn to make a Hard Clave sound by creating a Classic Click and adding a Sublingual Percussive.

The Classic Click

The Classic Click sound is made by stopping air between the tongue and the hard palate, sucking in, and then releasing the tongue.

It is an Inward Palatal Plosive. It looks like this:

And sounds like this:

Watch this video to learn how to make the Classic Click sound:

The Hard Clave

The Hard Clave sound is a Classic Click with the addition of a Sublingual Percussive.

It looks like this:

And it sounds like this:

Watch this video to help you learn how to make the Hard Clave sound:

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