Bossa nova clave

The son clave with its last hit delayed by a sixteenth (an eighth in a 4/4 chart), so the two-side becomes 2+3+3 instead of landing on the beat. It is the rim-click pattern of bossa nova drumming and the rhythm of the guitar's upper voices in João Gilberto-style playing. Brazilians do not call it a clave; the name comes from jazz musicians. Notated here as one bar of cut time; in a 4/4 chart it spans two bars. The delayed last note is what makes bossa feel like it keeps leaning forward.