================= - Afrocubanites - ================= 130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- Shekere X.XXX.XXX.XXX.XX ("1, an' a 2, an' a 3, an' a 4, an' a") Djembe 1 B..B..O...SS..O. ("Af-ro-Cu---banites, We're") Djembe 2 oOSSoOSSoOSSoOSS (!!!) 3:2 Clave X..X..X...X.X... ("Pineapple Pineapple Avocado Mango Avocado") 3:2 Bell X..X..X...X.X... ("Pineapple Pineapple Avocado Mango Avocado") +Dununba D..D............ Dun Dun variations to add now and again: +Kenkeni ............K... +Sangban ..............G. +Sangban ......G......... 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- Signal: s.OO.O.OO.SSS... ("Now are you rea-dy to take a break?") Break: B...B...B...OOOO ("Slow - things - down - ready for the O............... gap 2 3 4 OOOOO.SSO.SS.... Now we've done the gap, it gets difficult: O.SBB.BBO.S..... here comes the end of the break soon..... O.SBB.BBO...O.O. here comes the end of the break, and We're") Percussion keeps rolling throughout the Break. Dun dun players just play Bells in the Break. All play Djembe 1 to begin. Djembe 2 is *hard*! Congas may play Djembe 1 using high and low open tones for O and B notes. Be careful to leave the correct rest in Djembe 1 before the two slaps; the "Cu-" of 'Cubanites' is very long and the "-banites" are two very quick slaps played in unison with Djembe 2. Djembe 2 is very hard and takes much practice. It generally enters after the Break, as an answer to the first Djembe 1 phrase "We're Afrocu-" ---> ONSLAUGHT, like this: 130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- Djembe 1 B..B..O...SS..O.B..B..O...SS..O. Djembe 2 oOSSoOSSoOSSoOSSoOSSoOSS Here it is written out fully, with the hands: 130bpm 4/4 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - Djembe 2 OOO.S.S.OOO.S.S.OOO.S.S.OOO.S.S. lrl r l rlr l r lrl r l rlr l r The hands need to swap each time otherwise it's impossible to play this fast. A simplified version: 130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- Djembe 2 o.SSo.SSo.SSo.SS ("Plum, take a plum, take a plum, take a plum, take a") f lrf lrf lrf lr After the third time round the Break, Djembe players stop and pick up Bells. The Dun Dun players continue playing drums and Bells, and after two bars the Djembe players join them on 3:2 clave patterns. Adventurous players can do 2:3 cross-rhythms :-) This all goes on until the leader drops the Bell and plays a Signal back into the Break, at which the Djembe players put down their Bells and join the Break at the words "Now we've done the gap, it gets difficult". Then we return to the rhythm for one last time with manic soloing before ending with the Break: "here comes the end of the break, and We're OUT!" STRUCTURE: Signal, Main Rhythm, Signal, Break Signal, Main Rhythm, Signal, Break Signal, Main Rhythm, Signal, Break Signal, Bells Party, Signal, Break Signal, Main Rhythm, Signal, Break Key: X = loud bell/block/clave/shekere x = quiet bell/block/clave/shekere K = Kenkeni (high pitch Dun Dun) k = trapped/closed* Kenkeni G = Sangban (mid pitch Dun Dun) g = trapped/closed* Sangban D = Dununba (low pitch Dun Dun) d = trapped/closed* Dununba B = drum bass tone b = drum bass tone flam ("bdum") O = drum open tone ("top") o = drum open tone flam ("plum") S = drum slap tone s = drum slap tone flam E = drum edge tone ("ping") e = drum edge tone flam ("pling") W = drum slap + wave :-) r = right (/strong) hand Z = trapped/closed* slap tone l = left (/other) hand F = flam (strong then other hand) f = flam (other then strong hand) t = touch/tip/ghost/timing note h = heel (conga timing note) . = rest (or ghost/timing note) | = bar line - = sustain the previous note : = repeat > = accent + = continue onto next line *tone to be damped with hand/beater (c) David Oladunni, master drummer from Nigeria http://www.thesmith.org.uk/people/musicians/index.html#masterdrummers (notation, words and title by Malcolm Smith) Dun dun part by Ian Gregory.