Editing Clapping (section)

== Musical works that include clapping ==
'''Classical works performed entirely by clapping'''
* [[Steve Reich]], ''[[Clapping Music]]'' (1972)
* [[Robert Paterson (composer)|Robert Paterson]], ''Voices'' (1988)<ref>[http://robpaterson.com/works-notes/voices.html Voices] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516072623/http://www.robpaterson.com/works-notes/voices.html |date=2008-05-16 }}, ''RobPaterson.com''.</ref>
* [[Pascal Zavaro]], ''Kino-Klap'' (2008)

'''Classical works which include clapping'''
*[[Carlos Surinach]], ''Ritmo Jondo'' (1953)
*[[David Chesky]], ''Flute Concerto'' et ''Violin Concerto'' {{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

The clapping patterns known as [[keplok]] are important in Javanese [[gamelan]]. A type of synthesized clap is popular in many [[rap music|rap]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] songs as well. This is derived from and mimics the technique used in older popular music (e.g. [[disco]] and [[funk]] of the 1970s), in which multiple instances of real handclaps were recorded or a single recording was made of a group of performers clapping in unison. This was usually done for the purpose of reinforcing the [[snare drum]] beat on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar ([[Off-beat (music)|offbeat]]). Modern [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], hip hop, and rap often omit the snare drum, making the claps a more obvious and central feature of the beat.