Five hits on the eighth-note grid: x.xx.xx. — the tresillo with its two gaps filled by an extra note each. Haitian contradanza brought it to eastern Cuba, where it became the signature of danzón and bolero; it is also the Cuban "rumba clave" played straight through. In the bar it feels busier than the tresillo but lands on the same three anchor points (1, the and-of-2, 3). Written in 2/4 it is the familiar ♪♬♪♬♪ figure; here it fills one bar of 4/4.
Cinquillo
100 bpmloop · 1 bar
16ths
Clave
Piano
Found in
2 patterns are built on the cinquillo.
Afro-Cuban
2bolero Bolero (cinquillo comp)
danzon Danzón piano