DANSA Madou Dembele's Version

Taken from St. Louis workshop, 1999; Fairfield, 1999, and Des Moines, 2000.

Words:

Do-na do-ye-yah

kwa bi do

key muru tea

haroo mai yeh

sue guruni chay ma-ni

dough bay-yah

kah bee-do key siri-siri

Duns (2000) 

                1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - -
                B . . K S . K . S . K . B B . B

                1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - -

INTRO 

Djembes         S t T s T t S . B . b . B . . . >>
                S . . . S . . . B . b . B . . . >> (repeat)

                S t T s T t S . B . b . B . TtT >>
                t . . t S . s . B . b . B . TtT >>
                t . . t S . s . B . b . B . . . >>
                B b . B . b . B b . B . b . . . >> into parts:

Dunuba          . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . .
                Repeat until last phrase        >>
                O O . O . O . O O . O . O . . . >>
                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Djembe #1      bS . S s B t T .bS . S s B . . . (Note: bS played together)
Djembe #2       S . . s S . T t S . . s S . T t
Djembe #3       b . T t . . S . b . T t . . S .
                                            ^
Djembe #4       S . . b S . b . S . T t S . b .  (Part in St. Louis)
END BREAK       @ . T t . T . T t . S s S . . . >>
               bT t . S t . S . . . . .bT t . T >>
                t T . S t . S . t . T . t . S .
                B . . . . . S . B . .
Solo ?        b T t S t T s T t S t T s T t SsSs. S . S
variation       T t S s S s S . S b . S . b . . S b . S
                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Dununba Bell    x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x .
Dununba         O . . O . . O . . C . . . . O .
                                            ^
Madou's Bell    x . . x . . x . . x . . . . x .
                                            ^

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OLD

Sangban 

bell            x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .
drum            o . . o . . o . . . i . . . o .
                                            ^

Kenkeni 

bell            x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x .
drum            o . . . . o o . o . . . . o o .
                                          ^

Dununba 

bell            x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .
drum            i . . . . . . . i . o . . . . .
bell            x . x x . x x x . x x . x . x .
drum            i . . . . . o o . o o . . . . .

DANSA Raymond's Transcription 

                1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - -
Djembe #1       T t S s . s S . T t S . B . S b
Djembe #2       S . . s S . T t S . . s S . T t

Sangban 

bell            x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .
drum            o . . o . . o . . . i . . . o .
lead-in ^

Kenkeni 

bell            x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x .
drum            o . . . . o o . o . . . . o o .
lead-in ^

Dununba 

bell            x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .
drum            i . . . . . . . i . o . . . . .
bell            x . x x . x x x . x x . x . x .
drum            i . . . . . o o . o o . . . . .