=========================== - Conakry-Cuffley Express - =========================== 130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- r l l lr l Djembe 1a B..O...S...OO..B Djembe 1b B..O...S.S.O.O.B (alternative, switch at will) r l l l l l l Clave .X..X..X.X..X..X Dun Dun Player 1: Bell 1 ..X...X...X...X. +Kenkeni 1 K..K..........K. +Sangban ......G.G.G.G... Dun Dun Player 2: Bell 2 X...X...X...X... +Kenkeni 2 .....K.K........ +Dununba ............D.D. 130bpm 4/4 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- This rhythm is written for two pairs of Dun Duns, played by two players who each have a Bell mounted on top of the smallest Dun Dun (called Kenkeni). (The medium-sized Dun Dun is called Sangban and the large one is Dununba.) If you only have one pair of Dun Duns, just play part 1. Notice how the various parts interlock, especially the two Bells: Bell 1 ..X...X...X...X. Bell 2 X...X...X...X... ...and Djembe 1b with Dun Duns: Clave .X..X..X.X..X..X Djembe 1a B..O...S...OO..B Djembe 1b B..O...S.S.O.O.B Kenkeni 1 K..K..........K. Sangban ......G.G.G.G... Kenkeni 2 .....K.K........ Dununba ............D.D. 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) notated by Malcolm Smith on 2005-07-22 19:00, en route to the Festival of Song, Drum and Dance at Cuffley Camp after collecting our dun duns from Heathrow, where they'd just been sent over from Conakry in Guinea - these lovely drums sang this beat to me all the way back... :-) http://www.thesmith.org.uk/music/events/fsdd/index.html [This pattern is still in development; expect some more djembe parts and breaks coming soon... :-]