tresillo

Noun

Meaning

(music) A type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units.

An obsolete letter (Ꜫ, ꜫ) used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a uvular ejective.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In 1940 Bob Zurke released "Rhumboogie," a boogie woogie with a tresillo bass line, and lyrics proudly declaring the adoption of Cuban rhythm: Harlem's got a new rhythm, man it's burning up the dance floors because it's so hot! Source: Internet

The habanera rhythm shown as tresillo (lower notes) with the backbeat (upper note). Source: Internet

Wynton Marsalis considers tresillo to be the New Orleans "clave" (although technically, the pattern is only half a clave ). Source: Internet

Habanera rhythm written as a combination of tresillo (bottom notes) with the backbeat (top note). Source: Internet

On the version recorded on Miles Smiles by Miles Davis, the bass switches to a 4/4 tresillo figure at 2:20. Source: Internet

The left hand plays the tresillo rhythm. Source: Internet

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