Dotted-quarter, eighth, quarter, quarter: the tresillo with beat 3 and beat 4 both played. The habanera was the first Cuban rhythm to go global in the 1800s (Bizet's Carmen, Argentine tango, the "Spanish tinge" Jelly Roll Morton heard in New Orleans). As a bass line it is the ancestor of the tango marcato, the milonga and the reggaeton pulse. It is usually a bass or left-hand figure: root on 1, fifth on the and-of-2, root again on 3.
Habanera
90 bpmloop · 1 bar
16ths
Clave
Piano
Bass
Found in
1 pattern is built on the habanera.
Tango & flamenco
1milonga Milonga