Tiriba.mp3 - Percussion Studio version
Tiriba solo.mp3 - Solo 1, Solo 2, and Mamady's break
Tiriba
Call
[ ttt t t t . t t . t . . ]
Djembe 1
[ b s t . s . b s . b s . ]
Djembe 2
[ b . . t s . b . . t s . ]
Djembe 3
[ b . s b t t b s . b t t ]
Djembe 4
[ b t t b s . b t t b s . ]
Solo
[ b t t b s . b t t b s . b s t . s . b s . b s . ]
[ b . s . s . b t t b t t b . s . . s . s . b t t ]
[ b t t b s s b . . b t t b s s b . . b t t b s s
b t t b s s b t t b . . ]
Dununba
[ o . . . o . o . . x . . ]
[ x . x . x . x x . x x . ]
Sangban
[ x . . o . . x . . o . . ]
[ x x . x x . x x . x x . ]
Kenkeni
[ o o . x . . o o . x . . ]
[ x x . x x . x x . x x . ]
Ballet (b = dununba; t = sangban; s =
kenkeni)
[ s s . t . . s s . t . . s s . t . . s s . t . . ]
[ b . . . b . b . . . . . b . . . b . b . . . . . ]
Break
[ b . . . b . b . t t . . b . . . b . b . t t . .
b . . . b . b . . . b . b . . . b . b . . sss s ]
Break
- on Mamady's version - played at about 90% speed
[ S . S . ttt t . S . S . ttt t . S . S . ttt t .
S . S . ttt t . sss s s . . .(t s s t s s t). . ]
(Section in parentheses lead drummer only)
Call
for this break
[ sss s ttt t sss s s . . ]
Notes
Popular rhythm from Guinea.
Initially named after a tall dancer, then used for initiation of girls when
mothers and daughters danced together.
From Matthew, Mamady's version has parts 1,2, 4 and dunduns
Tiriba - solo
Djembe 1
[ b s t . s . b s . b s . b s t . s . b s . b s . ]
Djembe 2
[ b . . t s . b . . t s . b . . t s . b . . t s . ]
Solo 1
[ T . s s . . s s T . s s b . s s T . s s . . s s
T . s s b . s s T . s s . . s s T . s s b . . b ]
[ t t s s s s s s . t . t t . s . s . b s s b t t
t . . . ttt s ttt s . b ttt t t t . t t . t . . ]
[ . . . . . . . . . b s . s . s t . t s . s . s s
. b s . s . s t . t s . tts . tts . s . s t . t
s . s . s s . b s . s . s t . t s . tts . tts .
s . s t . t s . s . s s . b s . s . s t . t s .
s . s s . . ttt t t t . t t . t . . t . . . . . ]
[ T . s s . . s s . . s s . . s s T . s s . . s s
. . s s T . s s T . s s ttt t t t . t t . t . . ]
Solo 2
[ . . . s . t t t t s . . b . . s . t t t t s . b
b . . s . t t t t s . . b . . s . t t t t s b b
b t t s . t t t t s . . b . . s . t t t t s . b ]
Notes: From the Blue Book