the bo diddley beat clave rhythm, 1 of common bell patterns found in sub-saharan african music traditions. 1 scholar found rhythm in 13 rhythm , blues recordings made in years 1944–55, including 2 johnny otis 1948.
bo diddley gave different accounts of how began use rhythm. sublette asserts, in context of time, , maracas [heard on record], bo diddley has understood latin-tinged record. rejected cut recorded @ same session titled rhumba on track sheets. bo diddley beat similar hambone , style used street performers play out beat slapping , patting arms, legs, chest, , cheeks while chanting rhymes. resembling shave , haircut, 2 bits rhythm, diddley came across while trying play gene autry s (i ve got spurs that) jingle, jangle, jingle . 3 years before bo diddley , song similar syncopation hambone , cut red saunders orchestra hambone kids. in 1944, rum , coca cola , containing bo diddley beat, recorded andrews sisters. buddy holly s not fade away (1957) , them s mystic eyes (1965) used beat.
bo diddley beat /son clave play (help·info).
in simplest form, bo diddley beat can counted out either one-bar or two-bar phrase. here count one-bar phrase: 1 e , ah, 2 e , ah, 3 e , ah, 4 e , ah (the boldface counts clave rhythm).
many songs (for example, hey bo diddley , love? ) have no chord changes; is, musicians play same chord throughout piece, rhythms create excitement, rather having excitement generated harmonic tension , release. in other recordings, bo diddley used various rhythms, straight beat pop ballad style doo-wop, maracas jerome green.
an influential guitar player, bo diddley developed many special effects , other innovations in tone , attack. trademark instrument self-designed, one-of-a-kind, rectangular-bodied twang machine (referred cigar-box shaped music promoter dick clark) built gretsch. had other uniquely shaped guitars custom-made him other manufacturers throughout years, notably cadillac , rectangular turbo 5-speed (with built-in envelope filter, flanger , delay) designs made tom holmes (who made guitars zz top s billy gibbons, among others). in 2005 interview on jjj radio in australia, implied rectangular design sprang embarrassing moment. during gig, while jumping around on stage gibson l5 guitar, landed awkwardly, hurting groin. went designing smaller, less restrictive guitar allowed him keep jumping around on stage while still playing guitar. played violin, featured on mournful instrumental clock strikes twelve , twelve-bar blues.
he created lyrics witty , humorous adaptations of folk music themes. song bo diddley based on african-american clapping rhyme hambone (which in turn based on lullaby hush little baby ). likewise, hey bo diddley based on song old macdonald . song love? rap-style boasting, , use of african-american game known dozens on songs man , man, again, cited progenitors of hip-hop music (for example, got nerve call ugly. why, ugly, stork brought world ought arrested ).
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