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ABONDONMamady showed this to me and friend separately from the classes. We were setting up for the second day's sessions. My friend, Jason Dodson, asked about the rhythm at the end of Tiriba on the Wassolon CD. In the recording, after an extended version of Tiriba, the ensemble rests as Mamady solos (on two drums?), then Mamady calls them back in for a brief rendition of Abondon. Jason sang the part for Mamady and asked what parts went with it. MK said, "Oh, that's Abondon!" and demonstrated it for us. This rhythm was played traditionally for public processions of the king. Timeline: 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . break S s . S . s . S s . S . . $ . $ . $ . . . . . . ^ (both djembe parts start here) Timeline: 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Dj #1 . S . B . . t . s B . . . S . B t T t T s B . . . S . Dj #2 . S . B . . t . s B . T t T t B . . t . s B . T t T t ^ (note: dj#2 only plays this pick-up slap at the entrance) Timeline: 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Sangba c . . o . o . . c . c . . o . o . o . . c . c . S. Bell x . x x . x . x x . x . x x . x . x . x x . x . (Note: this part sounds like: 2 open/2 closed/3 open/3 closed. The bell doubles the drum strikes and adds pickup notes to each group (2/2/3/3). As the part fits into the time scheme, though, the last closed note of the pattern falls on the downbeat. The pattern begins on the downbeat after the break measure.) Timeline: 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Dununba o . . o . . o . . o . . D. Bell x . x x . x x . x x . x Kenkeni . o o . o o . o o . o o K. Bell . x x . x x . x x . x x
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