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Kononari.mp3 - Percussion Studio generated version

Kononari 2.mp3 - Version for class, a little simpler

You can find a great version on Famoudou Konate's album Guinea: Malinke Rhythms & Songs.

Here is just the melody line from his album: Kononari solo

Kononari

Call (T = tone flam)

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

Djembe 1

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

Djembe 2

[ t .(b). t . b b s .(b). s . b b ]

Djembe 3

[ s . . s s . t t s .(b)s s . t t ]  

Dununba

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

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

Sangban

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

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

Kenkeni

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

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

Ballet (b=dununba, t=sangban, s=kenkeni, capital letter for press)

[ t . b . t . B . T . . . T . b . ]

[ . . s s . . S . . . s s . S . . ]  

Break

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

  k . . . k . b . ]  

Melody (per Famoudou Konate on the album)

[ t t . . t t . . . . . . . . . . s s . . s s . . . . . . . . . .  x2

  s . . . t t . . s . s . t t . .  x3

  s . . s . . s . . s . . t t . .  x3

  . s sssss s . t . t t . t t . . 

  t t t s s s s s s s s s s s s s  

  t t s s t t s s s s s s s s s s  

  t t s s t t s s s s s . S . . . 

  sss s s . t . s . t t . S . . . 

  T . t t . t . t t . s s s . . . ]  

Melody (simpler version)

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

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

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

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

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

  b s s . s s . t . t t . t t . . t t t s s s s s s s s s s s s s 

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

  T . t t . t . t t . s s s . . . ]

After Famadu Konate

Musu kenya kenya, i ta di ya le ke yu Allah b'I la,

Sunguruni kenya kenya, i ta di ya le ke yu Allah b'I la

Musu kenya kenya, i ta di ya le ke yu Allah b'I la

Kambeleni kenya kenya, i ta di ya le ke yu Allah b'I la  

Beautiful (young), beautiful woman, God gave you all the beauty you have.  

Malinke rhythm for the young women - Kono is a bird in the tree.  The young are warned against being arrogant about their beauty.