This app is everything to me. You can switch from 2/3 or 3/2 clave as well as having control over the bpm. There are 4 clave patterns on there but it shows you the notation as it goes which is super helpful for a beginner. There are no ads so i can practice forever without getting disrupted by an obnoxious ad. Truly great app, Bravo. Thank you!
I love this app and wish I could give it five stars. But I recently started noticing the battery on my iPhone 8 draining much more quickly than usual. When checking battery usage in settings I discovered that the Clave app was for some reason using 51% of my battery! I only used it 15 or 20 minutes at a time for a couple of days. Something appears to be running in the background that’s causing a problem. I wanted to contact the developer before writing this review but could not find any way to do that, in part because his website seems to have disappeared.
Practice can now be even more involved with the clave app! Fantastic tool enabling the musician to do so much more with internalizing the clave while also revolving rhythmic synergistic patterns around the clave. Can also serve as the time keeper to your Bembe or Descarga ensemble! Get it and explore it for yourself!
This app does exactly what you need it to do. It works well and isn't overly complicated. It has improved my practice routine and my playing overall. Couldn't be without it.
While I like the function of this app - it plays the basic claves and their configuration at any tempo - the app uses most of my iphone and ipad power I think while running in the background. So far, I haven’t found any fixes for this. The first day I ran through most of my battery in12 hours. The Clave was by far the main culprit although it had only been in use for a few minutes.
As a guitarist, this a is a fantastic tool, and as someone learning percussion it's a great way to practice. I really love its minimalist design, but I would love the added feature of a shaker. Still a perfect app.
Simple and straight forward. My only request is to also include a downbeat tone (1,2,3,4;1,2,3;1,2,3,4,5,6) as an added tool for a more in depth experience.
For salseros and others who want to know what the real claves are... I actually had forgotten the Afro(-Cuban) clave, but thanks to Andrew's program I remember it. Perfect UI, not to mention the great picture of NYC (where the clave was reborn). Thanks for this free App!
I was thrilled to find this app, and it doesn't disappoint. A few suggestions, however, to take it to the next level and make it indispensable: 1) As others have mentioned, having a 2/3 option is important. 2) I find the tempo slider difficult to work with when I need precision. There must be better ways to dial in the tempo: a) A scroll mechanism similar to iTick, perhaps combined with the ability to type in numbers directly. b) A tap tempo option in-app would be extremely useful. c) It would also be helpful to be able to use finer gradations of tempo, at the very least half-BPMs. (Incidentally, I've yet to encounter ANY metronome app that allows for this. Why???) 3) The ability to set how many measures to play for. 4) It would be a nice touch (but IMHO less important) to have other instrument samples available, like woodblock, cowbell, agogo, etc. 5) To keep the UI uncluttered, perhaps pattern, tempo, and instrument could be controlled from different screens. Thank you so much for developing this app!
When I try to adjust the volume either by side rocker or program screen the program shuts down. When I reopen it the volume is set higher or lower depending on what I was doing. Annoying but not a fatal flaw for me. I realize this program is made to be a clave metronome but I got it to start learning clave rhythms. In order to do that I need to have a metronome that would keep quarters or 2 and 4.
Love the new version. Simplified look and fixed a couple minor grumbles I had with the last version. great for conga practice and drum set practice. Nice work!
In fact I was literally in the process of building this app when I did one more search. Nevertheless, I'm glad to have it since I've wanted this kind of metronome for years. Nicely done.
This is a great app ..... BUT.. I'm not so sure u got the boss's nova clave perfect... (please fix this) I'd like to see the ability to accent the first beat or turn on a click track in the background. More Clave patterns would be great too. (yes there are more out there !!) How about an agogo bell, that would be sweet .
Great job on this one. Thanks a bunch for this ever so useful app. The clave is indeed the basis of all Latin rhythms. It must never be violated or played against.. JasonConBongos
Good app. Great practice alternative to standard metronome. Only criticism is 6/8 clave should have rhumba option or just move that last eighth note to beat 6 instead of beat 5.
the Clave is a clave pattern metronome/click track app with five selectable clave patterns: Son, Rumba, two different Afro (6/8) styles and Bossa Nova. The current pattern is shown on-screen in traditional notation, with each beat highlighted as it is played. Patterns can be switched between 3:2 (forward) and 2:3 (reverse) clave. Tempo is variable from 40 to 200 beats per minute (in cut time), and the timing is rock-solid: accurate to the nearest sample (22 microseconds). Drag the tempo button up or down to choose a tempo in BPM. Tap the tempo button in time with the beat to set a tempo rhythmically. Playback continues in the background, so you can lock your screen and keep on playing. You can alter the sound, there are high and low pitches and a volume boost option. It's a useful practice aid, whether you are beginning to play Latin American music, or an experienced sonero. It can also be used to help inject new vibrance into other styles of music - for example, try playing a jig with the Afro (6/8) clave playing!
