Proponents of this 100-year-old method, which is based on rhythm, pitch and melody training as well as improvisation, say they can set the tone for children's attentiveness throughout the school day.
One early form of clave-based music is the rumba, which is played in 2/4 time and is based on rhythms thought to have been brought to eastern Cuba by Congolese slaves.
This was based on the rhythms of Cuban music rumbas, boleros, mambos which reached Africa in the 1930s, or rather returned there, having their roots in the songs of west and central African slaves.
The primary variant of the dance performed at the open, West Coast Swing, is a style that was based on R&B rhythms and now includes pop and contemporary, Dorroll said.
According to biographer Keith Shadwick, Cox explained in later interviews, "the process was based on building up rhythm patterns and that each pattern dictated the shape and character of a portion of a song in which it appeared".
"His idea of rhythm was based on Zulu," says Jankel, laughing, "That scene where you can hear the Zulus before you can see them, that incredible stomp before they come over the hill.
Chronotherapy, a new approach for treating pathological conditions, is based on circadian rhythm.
"African drumming is based on internal rhythms that we all share, that can be found in Latin and Indian music as well.
I started listening to nubian [Egyptian/Sudanese] drumming, so all the songs are based on nubian rhythms; there's just an energy to that music that I love and I'm trying to tap into.
The scherzos (third movements) are based on dance rhythms, but they vary greatly in tempo, and their pounding, insistent themes achieve a gigantic or primeval quality in the later symphonies.
