110bpm 4/4 ||:1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & :||
rl lr rl r r rlrl
Djembe 1 || OS.SS.OO | S.B.SBOO || ("do what you like, just ignore my brother. You can...")
Djembe 2 || S..SS.OO | S..SS.OO || ("Fly away, Kuku! Fly away, Kuku!")
Bell 1 || x.xx.xx. | x.xx.xx. || ("Have some apricots, Have some apricots")
+Kenkeni || K....KK. | K....KK. || ("Great! I feel Great! I feel")
Bell 2 || x.xx.xx. | x.x.x.x. || ("Have some apricots, 1 2 3 4")
+Sangban || G..G..G. | ..g...G. ||
Bell 3 || x.x.x.x. | x.xx.xx. | x.x.x.xx | .xx.x.x. ||
+Dununba || d....... | d.D..... | d.....DD | .DD..... ||
Bell 3 can be remembered as:
("1 2 3 4, Have some apricots, 1 2 3 some apricots Have some")
Djembe 1 can also be remembered as:
("'coming tonight?', said the lonely vicar. 'Are you... '")
Substitute lovely, gorgeous, scary, etc.
Intro/Outro:
Count || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & ||
Signal || | | o.OO.O.O | O.SSS..B | +
Djembes B || S.SS.BS. | SS.BS.SB | S.SS..s. | s.s.s... ||
Bells x || .....x.. | ...x...x | ........ | ........ ||
Kenkeni K || .....K.. | ...K...K | ........ | ........ ||
Sangban G || .....G.. | ...G...G | ........ | ........ ||
Dununba D || .....D.. | ...D...D | ........ | ........ ||
1st Break section: (short Break after long roll+Signal)
Count || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & ||
Lead Djembe || OOSSSSSS | SSSSSSSS | +
| OOSSSSSS | SSSSS.SS | S....... | ______6_____
Bells || Keep | Keep | x....... | X.X.X.X.X.X. ||
Dun duns || playing | playing | d....... | D.D.D.D.D.D. ||
Djembes || rhythms | rhythms | O....... | ............ ||
^=stop here!
The leader plays echeuffement (a long roll of slaps) before a Signal where
everyone stops (see ^ above). After a long pause, just the Dun duns answer
together with six slow triplets played in the space of eight notes and
everyone returns to the Main Rhythm. Here it is again written out in full:
Count || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & ||
Signal || OOSSSSSS | SSSSSSSS | OOSSSSSS | SSSSS.SS | +
| S....... | ______6_____ Signal
Bells || x....... | X.X.X.X.X.X. ||
Dun duns || d....... | D.D.D.D.D.D. || and everyone returns to the Main Rhythm
2nd Break section: (long Break after short Signal)
Signal: || | | OOOOOOOO | OOOOS... || +
Count || 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | 3 & 4 & ||
Djembes* || b..S..b. | .S..b.O. | S..OO.S. | O.O.S... ||
Bells || x..x..x. | .x..x.x. | x..xx.x. | x.x.x... ||
Kenkeni || ...K.... | .K...... | K.....K. | ....K... ||
Sangban || ........ | ......G. | ...GG... | G.G..... ||
Dununba || D.....D. | ....D... | ........ | ........ ||
*The Djembes play Bass+Tone flams (here written as "b") during the ending.
The Dun Duns play in unison with the different Djembe tones:
where D=b, G=O and K=S.
Each of the two Breaks can be played a number of times, called by the
relevant Signal. After the 2nd Break has been played for the last time,
the piece ends with a standard Signal cueing in the Intro/Outro to finish.
(c)
Traditional Guinean rhythm from
Mamady Keita, taught by
Richard in
Dorset on 2007-05-12 and
Justine at
Vitae Drum Circle.
(notated by
Malcolm Smith on 2008-02-03
- under construction)
See more
about this rhythm, and
alternate notations.