120+bpm 4/4 ||:1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- | 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-:||
|| | ||
Djembe 1 || B.OOB.S.B.OOB.S. | B.OOB.S.B.OOB.S. || ("Out in the midday" x4)
Bell 1 || X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X. | X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X. ||
+Dununba || D.D...D.D...D... | D............... || ("I'd like a cup of tea")
Kenkeni || K.......K....... | K.......K....... || ("Put " x4)
+Sangban || ..GG.GG...GG.GG. | ..GG.GG...GG.GG. || (" the dinner on" x4)
r lr lr r lr lr r lr lr r lr lr
Dun Dun Player 2 plays Kenkeni+Sangban vertically, with 2 sticks and no bell -
THIS GETS FAST at the end! I prefer to kneel in front of the horizontal Duns,
and play Taiko-style ;-)
Signal to start:
| 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- |
Djembe | o.OO.O.OO.S.S... | (And straight into the Main Rhythm)
Here's the Djembe break, which is played 5 times in the piece.
The Dun Duns continue as before at full force throughout the first section:
Break | 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- |
Signal: | S...S...S...S... | +
Djembe | SSSSO.O.SSSSO.O. | + ("Dennis in his hotpants" x4)
| SSSSO.O.SSSSO.S. | +
| S.OOS.S.S.OOS.S. | + ("Out in the midday" x4)
| S.OOS.S.S.OOS.S. | +
| S.OO.SS.S.OO.SS. | + ("Put the dinner on" x4)
| S.OO.SS.S.OO.SS. | +
| S..SS.S.O.O.S... | + ("Time to put the kettle on")
For the end of the Breaks, the Dun Duns join the Djembes in unison;
the Djembe part differs for the 1st+2nd, 3rd+4th and the 5th times.
Here's the end of the Break for the 1st and 2nd times round:
| 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- |
Djembe | O.O...O.O...O... | + ("I'd like a cup of")
| O.......O....... | + ("tea. Thank -")
| O...........s... | ("you!" *flam*) (And back to the Main Rhythm)
Dununba | D.D...D.D...D... | + (in unison with Djembe)
| D.......D....... | +
| D...........d... |
For the 3rd and 4th Breaks, the Djembes change into triplet slaps while the
Dun Duns just play the initial Open tones until returning as before for the
last 4/4 line's cuppa:
| 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- |
Djembe | O.O...O.O...O... | + ("I'd like a cup of")
| O.......O....... | + ("tea. Thank -")
6/8 feel | 123456 | 123456 | (|1 2 3 4 5 6 |1 2 3 4 5 6 |)
| O..SSS | SSSS.. | + ("you! This is the|difficult break ") (Dun Duns only on O)
| O..SSS | SSSS.. | +
| O..SSS | SSSS.. | +
Normal 4/4 | 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- |
| O.O...O.O...O... | ("I'd like a cup of") (And straight back to the Main Rhythm)
Finally, the 5th Break ends the whole piece on a big bass note, like this:
| 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&- |
Djembe | O.O...O.O...O... | + ("I'd like a cup of") >
| B.OOO.S.B------- | ("How would you like your tea?")
Dun Duns | G.KKK.K.D------- | ("How would you like your tea?")
> >
(c)
Traditional Guinean rhythm from
Mamady Keita, taught by
Justine at
Vitae Drum Circle.
(notated by
Malcolm Smith on 2005-08-31;
Breaks added 2005-11-17)