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Latin percussion stick
Answer for the clue "Latin percussion stick ", 5 letters:
clave
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The clave is a rhythmic pattern used as a tool for temporal organization in Afro-Cuban music . It is present in a variety of genres such as Abakuá music , rumba , conga , son , mambo , salsa , songo , timba and Afro-Cuban jazz . The five- stroke clave pattern ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context archaic English) (en-past of: cleave ) Etymology 2 n. 1 (context musical instruments English) One half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other. 2 (context music ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft , Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving .] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. ...
Usage examples of clave.
Jiovan, with two arms and a leg, was overtaking Clave himself, though his jaw was clenched in pain.
By the time Merril and Jayan had worked their way up, Clave had hammered spikes into the wood above the rock and attached lines.
It was hard to believe that Allin was afraid of Clave, or of heights, or of anything.
When they departed, Clave veered upward to pick a bouquet of the fanshaped fungi.
He ate the whole chunk with a theatrical relish that had Clave grinning.
By now there was no room to clutch the fan itself~ Clave asked her, “Did you see any sign of Glory?
Gavving’s and Minya’s were flying true, and each had fired another when Clave said, “Stop.
The first chance he got, Clave was going through all of the information on all of those “cassettes.
The harpoon tether sang a deep note, cut short as Clave slashed again.
She and Alibi towed Clave toward the opening, moving with frantic haste.
To Clave he might have had a fragile look, with long bones that could be snapped at whim.
He cut the infrared out and recognized Clave and Merril, and Navy chasing them.
But I don’t leave without Clave and Merril, and I think there’s time to get one more thing.
We’re not in tmuble-Luck, that Clave didn’t have the training to know what nonsense that was.
By now there was no room to clutch the fan itself~ Clave asked her, "Did you see any sign of Glory?