========== - Mamadi - ========== 100bpm 4/4 1--2--3--4--1--2--3--4--1--2--3--4--1--2--3--4-- Shekere X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X..X.. Section A o..........oo.o........oo.o.o.oo.o.oo..........o Section B o.o.o.oo.o.oo.o.o.oo.o.oo.o.o.oo.o.oo.o.o.oo.o.o All play Section A to begin with; ideally all notes are flammed. After the rhythm pattern has become established, solo in the gaps ;-) Section B pattern is a full-on repeat of the third phrase of the pattern, and can be alternated into when the tension rises! 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) Mamadi Kamara, master drummer from Sierra Leone http://www.thesmith.org.uk/people/musicians/index.html#masterdrummers (notated by Malcolm Smith and Ian Gregory)