Originally Posted By: Tangmo
Matt, can you link to an example of "playing to a clave"? I'd love to hear it.
Almost any Afro-Cuban recording is played to a clave. The clave pattern occurs over two measures and is played in one of two ways, called 2-3 or 3-2. Does that help?


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