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This is the "hot" section. A 16-page spread showing every possible permutation of a 16th-note based pattern (16th notes, 8th notes, triplets, 16th-note triplets). Mangini practices playing a single rhythm over every possible ostinato. The PDF visualizes this with binary (1=hit, 0=rest).

Mangini teaches rhythm as geometric shapes on a grid. For 7:8 polyrhythm:

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Standard son clave: 1 (rest) 2 (rest) 3 4 – 1 (rest) 2 3 (rest) 4.

Mangini’s version (shifted by one 16th):
e of 1, & of 2, a of 3, then 1 of next bar, & of 2, a of 3. This offloads counting and engages spatial/motor memory

Practice: Play foot hi-hat on quarter notes, left foot on 2 & 4 backbeat, hands play the displaced clave. Then improvise fills over it.