Yankadi Macru.mp3 - Percussion Studio generated file - this has the main parts, then the solo, then a section of Macru, then back to Yankadi, and finally the end.
Yankady
Call
[
s
. t t . s t . t s . t t . . s s s s . s s . . ]
Break
[
b
. . . . . . . b b . . b . . . . . s . s . . . ] x3
or 4
[ b . . . . . . . b b . . b . . . . . s . s . t . b ] ending only
Djembe
1
[
b
. . s . b b . t t . b b . . s . s b . t t . b ]
Djembe
2
[
s
. s t . t s . s . . b s . s t . t s . s . . b ]
Djembe
3
[
k
. . t . t . . . . . . T . . t . . s . s . . . ]
Dununba
[
o
. . . . o o . . . . o o . . . . o o . . . . o ]
[
x
. x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x ] (same bell for all)
Sangban
[
.
. . x . . . . o o . . . . . x . . . . o o . . ]
Kenkeni
[ x . . o . o . . . . . . x . . o . . o . . . . . ]
Ballet
[ b . . s . b b . t t . b b . . s . s b . t t . b ]
Alternate
Ballet
[
b
. b s . s . . . . . b b . . s . . s . . b . . ]
(b
. . b . b . . b . . b b . b)s . . s . . b . . ] alternate - every few lines
s s
(section
in parentheses is variable)
Solo
ride - between solo parts
[ t . t . . s b . t t . . b . . s . . b . t t . . ]
Solo
[ k . t . k . t . k . t . k . t . k . t . k . . t ] - 1
[ t t t . s s s . t t t . s s s . t t t . s s . t ] - 2
[ t . s . t . s . t . s . t . s s s s s s s s . t ] - 3
[ t t t . s s s . . t . t t . S s s s s s s s . t ] - 4
[ t t s s t t s s t t s s t t s s t t s s t t . t ] - 5
[ S s s T t t S s s T t t S s s T t t S s s s . t ] - 6
[ T . . t . t . . t . . t t . . s .s. s . . . . . ] - end/call
Notes:
Always played with Macru.
Susu
Macru
Djembe
1
[
b
t . t b . s . b . t . b . s . ]
Djembe
2
[
b
. . s . t t . b . s . . t t . ]
[
t
. . s . . . t t . s . s . . t ]
Dununba
[
b
. . b b . . . b . b . b . . . ]
[
x
x . x x . x . x . x . x . x . ]
Sangban
[
t
. t t . . t . t . t t . . t . ]
[
x
. x x . x x . x . x x . x x . ]
Kenkeni
[
.
. s s . . s s . . s s . . s s ] or
[
.
. s . . . s . . . s . . . s . ]
Transition
to Yankadi
[
.
. .(t s . . s . s). . b . b . b . .(t s . . s . s). . b . b .
b
. .(t s . . s . s). . b . b . b . . . b . b . b . . . b . b .
b
. . . b . b . b . . . b . b . b . . . b . . . b . . . b . . . ]
Section in parentheses played by lead drummer only, ensemble plays the rest.
Notes:
Always played with Yankadi.
Susu
Ballet:
R=dununba part, L=Kenkeni part
Traditional,
from Matthew, transition from Mamady on Nankama album
Yankadi - alternate notation (heavily swung)
Call
[ s t t s t t s t t . sss s s s . ] or
[ T . t t . t . t t . s s s . . . ]
Djembe 1
[ b . s b b t t b b . s s b t t b ]
Djembe 2
[ s s t t s s . b s s t t s s . b ]
Djembe 3
[ k . t . t . . . T . t . s s . b ]
Ballet 1
[ b . s b b t t b b . s s b t t b ]
Ballet 2
[ b b s s . . . b b . s . s . b . ]
Bell
[ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ]
The above is just another way of writing the same rhythm - it is swung so heavily that it is transformed from 4/8 into 6/8.