
I recently started practicing Latin patterns and working out of the book New Ways of Brazilian Drumming by Sergio Gomes. I’ve also been working on Latin independence exercises while reading from the Ted Reed Syncopation book and playing those patterns with my left or right hand.
I quickly got tired of listening to a straight click while practicing and instead of programming the various clave patterns into my drum machine or computer, I searched for an app and found one that’s perfect!
The Clave is highly recommended. It’s also free.
The interface is brilliantly simple and gives me everything I need. Tempo adjustment, several different patterns, the ability to invert the clave from 3:2 to 2:3 and an option for low or high pitched claves.
Here are some screenshots:


Click here to get the Clave app
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Have a look to this too (Android only) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.altervista.matteolucarelli.clavemetronome
Thanks!
It’s not available for Android anymore, but there is a web version at https://clave-metronome.com