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Car WashThe opening claps give you the tempo before the bass line has even turned up. Listen to the drums settle into that rhythm and the bass slide underneath it. For the rest of the song, those claps keep a trace of the sound that started the track on its own.0 - 2
Hand Clapping SongListen to the claps against the little stop-and-start guitar figure. They make a broad, easy place to land while the funk rhythm underneath keeps shifting the accents. By the time the voice calls attention to the claps, you’ve already heard where to put them.0 - 3
DI MI NOMBRE (Cap.8: Éxtasis)The palmas credited to Rosalía and Los Mellis give the sung phrases a series of quick, close accents. Listen to how wide the gap feels between those bright claps and the deep programmed hits. The two sounds can share the groove while still leaving space for the voice to stretch out.0 - 4
CeciliaArt Garfunkel remembered wanting a homemade sound full of claps and falling sticks. Listen to the claps stick out of the opening rattle and set up the vocal entrance. Those dry hits give you something to follow even as the singers lean in and out of the riff.0 - 5
LatchThe snare and the sampled clap answer each other. Listen for the longer wash after one of the claps. That tail keeps sounding as the rest of the rhythm moves on, giving that particular beat a different shape from the snare.0 - 6
Shout, Pts. 1 & 2The handclaps give the group’s responses a beat you can hold onto when the singer calls for everything to get quieter. Keep following that pulse as the volume climbs again. The loud and soft sections work because you can feel the same rhythm running through both.0 - 7
I Want to Hold Your HandThere’s an extra crack behind the vocal that’s distinct from the cymbals and the guitar. Hear how it keeps time while the singers hold the last word of the line. The claps let the tune stretch without letting the emphasis drift away from the beat.0 - 8
The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)Ellis turns a hand game into a set of instructions you can hear the record carry out. Try following the claps and pats as each phrase changes slightly. That pattern gives you somewhere to place your hands while the horns and Ellis’s voice play with the timing around it.0 - 9
Oh Happy DayStart with the restrained rhythm beneath Dorothy Combs Morrison’s lead. When the choir and handclaps gather force, the time feels like something the whole group is carrying. The claps are part of the rise from one singer’s phrasing to a room answering her.0 - 10
MickeyThe chant has a stomp and a handclap built into it before the band gets going. Listen to how those sounds mark out a space for each group of words. The rhythm is clear enough to join right away, which gives the song the feel of a cheer already in progress.0