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28.63Don't call every bossa rhythm “clave”

This is worth being precise about.

Bossa nova has Brazilian rhythmic roots, especially samba-related patterns.

Cuban clave terminology belongs to a different tradition.

There is overlap in Afro-diasporic rhythmic thinking, but they are not interchangeable.