THIS NOTATION IS NOT QUITE RIGHT, AND WILL BE CORRECTED SOON...
This rhythm is a dangerously funky mixture of 4/4 and 12/8.
Intro:
130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-
Signal s.OO.O.OO.S.S..B +
Djembes S.S.S.S.S.S.S..S All drums in unison
Bells x.x.x.x.x.x.x..x
Dun Duns D.D.D.D.D.D.D..D Then start Main Rhythm...
Main Rhythms: (Swung in 6:8 feel)
130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-
Djembe 1 S..SS.OOS..SS.OO
Bell 1 x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.
+Kenkeni ....K.K.....K.K.
Bell 2 x..x..x.x..x..x. Push this into a 12/8 feel - see below
+Sangban ........G..G.... An approximation in 4/4 - see below
Bell 3 x.xx.xx.x.x.x.x. ("Have some apricots, 1, 2, 3, 4")
+Dununba ......D.......D.
130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-
The Sangban+Dununba are actually in 12/8 triplet feel(!) like this:
130bpm 12/8 1&-2&-3&-4&-
Bell 2 x.x.x.x.x.x.
+Sangban ......G.G... This is quite hard to get right
(Dununba) ....D.....D.
Break (in 3 sections, the last of which is an extended Intro):
Section A of Break:
Signal s.OO.O.OO..BSSSS
Djembes B.SSB.OOB..BSSSS + 1st time - Dun Duns carry on with their parts
Djembes B.SSB.OOB...s..B +
Djembes SOOSOOSOS..BSSSS +
Djembes B.SSB.OOB..BSSSS + 2nd time
Djembes B.SSB.OOB...s..B +
Djembes SOOSOOSOS..BSSSS +
Djembes B.SSB.OOB..BSSSS + 3rd time
Djembes B.SSB.OOB...s..B +
Djembes SOOSOOSOS..BSSSS +
Djembes B.SSB.OOB..BSSSS + 4th time
Djembes B.SSB.OOB...s..B +
Djembes SOOSOOSOS..BSSSS +
Djembes B.SSB.OOB...s... Together with Signal - change to flammed slap:
Section B of Break:
Signal s.OO.O.OO.S.S..O
Djembes O.SS...OO.S.S..O + 1st time
Djembes O.SS..S...S.S..O +
Djembes O.SS...OO.S.S..O + 2nd time
Djembes O.SS..S...S.S..O +
Djembes O.SS...OO.S.S..O + 3rd time
Djembes O.SS..S...S.S..O +
Djembes O.SS...OO.S.S..O + 4th time
Djembes O.SS..S...S.S..O Together with Signal - get ready for slaps...
Signal s.OO.O.OO.S.S..B
Section C of Break:
Djembes S.S.S.S.S.S.S..S + 1st time - Dun Duns join Djembe parts
Bells x.x.x.x.x.x.x..x
Dun Duns D.D.D.D.D.D.D..D
Djembes S...OOOOOOOOO..B +
Bells x..............x
Dun Duns D..............D
Djembes S.OOOO.BS.OOOO.B +
Bells x......xx......x
Dun Duns D......DD......D
Djembes S...OOOOOOOOO..B +
Bells x..............x
Dun Duns D..............D
Djembes S.S.S.S.S.S.S..S + 2nd time
Djembes S...OOOOOOOOO..B +
Djembes S.OOOO.BS.OOOO.B +
Djembes S...OOOOOOOOO..B +
Djembes S.S.S.S.S.S.S..S + 3rd time
Signal s.OO.O.OO.SSS... And go back to Main Rhythm...
Section A of Break written again showing hands:
f lr l rl lrlrl You may prefer different hands at the start
Signal s.OO.O.OO..BSSSS
r rlr rlr lrlrl
Djembes B.SSB.OOB..BSSSS + 1st time - Dun Duns carry on with their parts
r rlr rlr f l
Djembes B.SSB.OOB...s..B +
rlrlrlrlr lrlrl
Djembes SOOSOOSOS..BSSSS +
Section B of Break written again showing hands:
f lr l rl r l l
Signal s.OO.O.OO.S.S..O
r lr lr l r l
Djembes O.SS...OO.S.S..O + 1st time
r lr l r l l
Djembes O.SS..S...S.S..O +
Section C of Break written again showing hands:
r lr l rl r l l
Signal s.OO.O.OO.S.S..B
r l r l r l r l
Djembes S.S.S.S.S.S.S..S + 1st time - Dun Duns join Djembe parts
r rlrlrlrlr l
Djembes S...OOOOOOOOO..B +
r lrlr lr lrlr l or perhaps r rlrl lr rlrl l (hand-to-hand)
Djembes S.OOOO.BS.OOOO.B +
r rlrlrlrlr l
Djembes S...OOOOOOOOO..B +
Outro:
130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- | 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-
Signal | s.OO.O.OO.S.S..B
Djembes S.S.S.S.S.S.S..S | S............... Finish on final downbeat
Bells x.x.x.x.x.x.x..x | x...............
Dun Duns D.D.D.D.D.D.D..D | D...............
Structure:
Signal, Intro,
Main Rhythm, Signal, Break, Signal, Repeat this section
Main Rhythm, Signal, Outro
(c)
Traditional Guinean rhythm taught by
Moctar
"Mockoulo" Sawane on
2007-08-04 at
African
Drum Village in Scotland.
(notated by
Malcolm Smith on 2007-09-15
- under construction)