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Kadan

Call  (T = tone flam)

[ T . t t . t t . t t . . ] or [ ttt t t t . t t . t . . ]  

Intro

[ s s s s . . s s s s . . b . . b . . b . . b . . ] x2

[ s s s s . b b . b b . . s s s s . b b . b b . . ]  

Djembe 1                     Djembe 2

[ s . t s . . s . t s . . ] [ s . . s t t s . . s t t ]

Djembe 3                     Djembe 4

[ . . s . t s . . s . t s ] [ s . t s t t s . t s t t ]

Djembe ride

[ s s s s . b b . b b . . ]  

 Kenkeni                       Sangban

[ . . o . o o . . o . o o ] [ o . . x . . o . . x . . ]

[ . x x . x x . x x . x x ] [ x . x x . x x . x x . x ]

 Sangban variation – about every 3rd

[ o o o o . . o . . x . . ]

[ x x x x . x x . x x . x ]

 Dununba

[ . . . . . o o . o o . . ]

[ x . x x . x x . x x . x ]

 Ballet dunduns

[ t . . . . b b . b b . . ]

[ . . s . s s . . s . s s ]  

 Break 1 (T = Dun/Ken together, b = Dun, s = Ken)

[ s s s s . . s s s s . . b . . b . . b . . b . . -Djembes

[ T T T T . . T T T T . . b . . b . . b . . b . . -Dununs

  s s s s . . s s s s . . b . . b . . b . . b . . -Djembes

  T T T T . . T T T T . . b . . b . . b . . b . . -Dununs

  s s s s . b . b . s s s s . b . b . s s s s . b -Djembes

  T T T T . b . b . T T T T . b . b . T T T T . b -Dununs

  . s . b . s . b . s s s s . b . b . s . . . . . ]-Djembes

  . T . b . T . b . T T T T . b . b . T . s . s s ]-Dununs

Break 2 (b = Dun, s = Ken, x on Ken)

[ S . . . . . . . . . . t s . . . . . ttt t t . . -Djembes

[ s . . . . . . . . . . b s . . . . . b . b b . . -Dununs

[ x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x –Bells

  S . . . . . . . . . t s . t s . t s . t s s s .

  s . . . . . . . . . b s . b s . b s . b s . b .

  x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x .

  ttt t t . . s . . . t s . t s . t s . t s s s .

  s . s s . . x . . . b s . b s . b s . b s . b .

  x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x .

  ttt t t . . s . . . t s . t s . t s . t s s s .

  s . s s . . x . . . b s . b s . b s . b s . b .

  x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x .

  ttt t t . . s . . . t . s . . . t . s . . s . s

  s . s s . . x . b . s . . . b . s . . . b s . s

  x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x x . x

  . . t . t . s . . . t s . t s . t s . . t . t .

  . b s . s . s . . . b s . b s . b s . b s . b .

  . x x . x . x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x .

  s . . . t . s . . . t . s . . s . s . . t . t .

  . . b . s . . . b . s . . . b s . s . b s . s .

  x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x x . x . x x . x .

  s . . . t s . t s . t s . . t . t . s . . . t .

  s . . . b s . b s . b s . b s . b . . . b . s .

  x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .

  s . . . t . s . . s . s . . t . t . s . . . . . ]

  . . b . s . . . b s . s . b s . s . s . . . . . ]

  x . x . x . x . x x . x . x x . x . x . . . . . ]  

Kadan is one of the dununba rhythms from Kankan, Kouroussa and Siguiri areas in Guinea . This is a dance for the bilakoros (non-circumcized children).

=Song=
I yo dala oo-ee, san da la oo,
I yo ya na dja bilakoro jee don da
Bafa bilakoro !, kanti da dinda
.....
Here come the bilakoros, dancing the Kadan