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- Mexican Baroque -
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A polymetric rhythm built around a djembe pattern based on an early
17th Century Mexican baroque Christmas hymn.

100bpm 3/4   ||:1-&-2-&-3-&- | 1-&-2-&-3-&-:||
Claps        || X...X...X... | X...X...X... ||
Claves       || ..XX..XX..XX | ..XX..XX..XX ||
Shekere      || X..X..X..X.. | X..X..X..X.. ||
High Agogo   || .......X.X.. | .......X.X.. ||
+Low Agogo   || X.X.X....... | X.X.X....... ||
Djembe       || S...B.S.B... | S.BS.BS.B... ||
Bell 1       || X..XX.X.X..X | X.X.X..XX.X. ||
+Kenkeni 1   || ......K..... | ..K.......K. ||
+Dununba     || D..DD...D..D | D...D..DD... ||
Bell 2       || X...X...X... | X...X...X... ||   = Claps
+Kenkeni 2   || K..K......K. | K..K..K...K. ||
+Sangban     || ......G.G..G | ........G..G ||
(Count)      ||:1-&-2-&-3-&- | 1-&-2-&-3-&-:||


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


- Notice that the 1st Dun Dun player is actually playing 3 bars of 2/4,
  the Shekere is playing 2 bars of 12/8, while everyone else plays
  2 bars of 3/4 :-)


If at any point the Leader points at a player or group of players,
they should either:
  a) drop out if they are playing, or
  b) come back in if they have dropped out,
at the start of the next 2-bar repeat, on the downbeat.


Here's the Djembe pattern written again complete with notation for
left (l) and right (r) hands (and f=flam first left then right).

If you're left-handed, substitute l and r, so that your strongest hand
is playing r and the other one is playing l.

Djembe       || S...B.S.B... | S.BS.BS.B... ||
                r   l r l      r lr lr l   


(c) Malcolm Smith 2004/2005