DEMOSONI KELEN

Demosoni Kelen is a Dununba-rhythm: "Demosoni Kelen is translated by "a young girl". The players apostrophise the girls with allusive mockery of decidedely sexual character. The girls pay them back in their own kind, casting doubt frequently on the quality of the percu$ionists' "sticks." " (text in booklet with Mamady Keita's Hamana-CD)

Intro

S S T S S S . . . . . .
r l r l r l . . . . . .
K . . . . . . . . O . O O
S . . . . . . . . O . O .
D . . . . . . . O O . O .

Kenkeni

. . O . O O . . O . O O . . O . O O . . O . O O
. x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x x

Sangban

O . . . . . C . C . . . . . . C . C . . O . O .
x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x x . x . x x . x .

Dundun

O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . O .
x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x x . x . x x . x .

Sangban / Dundun variation

S

O . . O . . C . C . . O . . O . . O . . O . O .
x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x .

D

O . O O . . . . . . O O . O O . O O . O O . O .
x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x . x x . x x . x .