This rhythm is about charisma:
"When a big person is coming, you can't hide from them;
everyone knows when they are coming."
>120bpm 4/4 || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & || r lr lr lr lr Djembe 1 || B.OO.SS. | ..OO.SS. || r..lr.rl r..lr.rl Djembe 2 || S..SS.OO | S..SS.OO || Bell 1 || x.xx.x.x | x.x.x.x. || +Sangban || g..G...G | ....g... || played twice then Kenkeni enters: Bell 2 || x.x.x.x. | x.x.x.x. || +Kenkeni || K...K... | K...K... || played twice then Dununba enters: || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & || Bell 3 || x.xx.xx. | x.x.x.xx | .x.x.x.x | x.x.x.x. || +Dununba || ........ | D.D...DD | .D.D.... | D.D..... || * Djembes start Intro here on third repeat Djembe 2 is a widely-used traditional accompaniment that Mamady described as 'rhythm populaire', and dates from the 13th Century. The Dununba Bell 3 could be remembered like this: "When a real-ly big | person comes to see | us we know they've | got charisma." Bell 3 || x.xx.xx. | x.x.x.xx | .x.x.x.x | x.x.x.x. || The piece begins with just the Sangban + Bell 1. After two repeats, Kenkeni + Bell 2 enter for two more bars. Next comes two repeats of Dununba + Bell 3 part (which is itself 2 bars long). Finally the Djembe Intro joins in, with Dun Duns continuing right through: Intro: Count || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & || rl rl r l l r r r f Djembes || ........ | ......SS | SS.O.S.O | O.S.O.s. || + Section A: || B...B... | B...B.SS | SS.O.S.O | O.S.O.s. || + || B...B... | B...B.SS | SS.O.S.O | O.S.O.s. || + r r r lr l r l r l r f Section B: || ........ | B.B...B. | SB.S.B.S | B.S.B.s. || + || ........ | B.B...B. | SB.S.B.S | B.S.B.s. || + _3_ || ......s. | O3O...B. | SB.S.B.S | B.S.B.s. || + where O3=OOO || ......s. | O3O...B. | SB.S.B.S | B.S.B.s. || + || ......s. | O3O..... | B...B... | B...B... || + r lr rl lr rl lr rl lr r l rl lr || O.SO.SO. | SO.SO.SO | .SO.SO.S | O.SO.SO. || + _3_ || SO.SO.SO | .SO.SO.S | O.SO.SO. | S3SSS.s. || + where S3=SSS rl lr rl lr rl l r rl lr rlrlrl f Then go straight into the Main Rhythms: r lr lr lr lr Djembe 1 || B.OO.SS. | ..OO.SS. || r..lr.rl r..lr.rl Djembe 2 || S..SS.OO | S..SS.OO ||
(c) New
African drum rhythm composed (in neo-traditional
Guinean style) in 2007 by
Mamady Keita
as part of his "Evolution Of The Djembe", taught at his
intermediate djembe workshop in High Wycombe, England on
Sunday
2008-05-25.
(notated by
Malcolm Smith during the class)