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- Liberte -
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>120bpm 12/8 ||:1&a2&a3&a4&a | 1&a2&a3&a4&a:||   ("One and-a Two and-a Three and-a Four and-a...")
             || r  l  r  lrl | r  l  rl lrl ||
Djembe 1     || B..B..B..BOO | B..B..BS.BOO ||
Djembe 2     || S.SSOOS.SSOO | S.SSOOS.SSOO ||
Djembe 3     || S.OS..SOOS.. | S.OS..SOOS.. ||   ("Round the back, 'avin' a fag...")
Djembe 4     || O.SS.OOSSS.O | O.SS.OOSSS.O ||
Bell 1       || X.X.XX.X.X.. | X.X.XX.X.X.. ||
+Kenkeni 1   || ..K.KK...... | ..K.KK...... ||
+Dununba     || D......D.D.. | D......D.D.. ||
Bell 2       || X.X.XX.X.X.X | X.X.XX.X.X.X ||
+Kenkeni 2   || ....KK...... | ....KK.K.K.. ||
+Sangban     || G........G.. | G........... ||
(Count)      ||:1&a2&a3&a4&a | 1&a2&a3&a4&a:||

                r r  r r r     > (2  3  4)
Signal:      || S.S..S.S.S.. | s........... ||

On hearing the above Signal, everyone stops on the final flammed slap
for one bar and counts (in their heads) "2, 3, 4" before returning back
to the main rhythm again.


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) Traditional Gambian rhythm from Mamadi Keita,
taught by Justine at Vitae Drum Circle
http://www.thesmith.org.uk/music/projects/vitae/index.html
(notated by Malcolm Smith on 2005-08-31 - under construction)