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INVENTION1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . Low . . S s . . O o B . . b . . O o Mid S . . s S . O o S . . s S . O o High . s O o S . O o . s O o S . O o or perhaps... O o . s O o S . O o . s O o S . Bell x . . x x . x . x . . x . x . . Dundun . . . L L . H H . . . . . . L L I often have rhythms 'pop' into my head/hands and these are ones I've used in extended playing, performance and teaching. Note that they are a little 'out there' but very enjoyable once you have them. 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 5 . . 6 . . 7 . . 8 . . 9 . . Dj T T . t . . T T . t . . T T . t . . B . t . B . t . . It's fun to have the second djembe/s play in unison then at a designated time play the first motif TT.t continuously until the parts line up again and return to unison playing. The same goes for the second motif B.t.B.t though it's much more interesting: 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 5 . . 6 . . 7 . . 8 . . 9 . . Dj T T . t . . T T . t . . T T . t . . B . t . B . t . . >> Dj 2 T T . t . . T T . t . . T T . t . . B . t . B . t . B >> . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . >> B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t . B . t >> - - - - . . (If Dj 2 continues for another 2 cycles the B.t.B.t figure will line up exactly as in the first part). And it's great to play this flat out! ---------------------------------------------------------------- The other two part rhythm is: 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . dj1 (T)t . B . . t T . b . . T t . B . . t T . b . . T >> t . B . . t T . b . . T dj2 T . t . . S s . . T . t . . S s . . T . t . . S >> s . . T . t . . S s . . The first rhythm comes from the B t T b T t (triplet figures). I've been playing these for a few weeks totally out of 'feel' so it's interesting to now see what they look like on the screen. For those of you who hate notation I can make sound files of the rhythms and post them to you individually. BTW please use a monospaced font such as Courier to have the parts lined up properly.
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 5 . . 6 . . 7 . . 8 . . 9 . . Dj T . T t . . T . T t . . T . T t . . B . t . B . t . . NOT... 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 5 . . 6 . . 7 . . 8 . . 9 . . Dj T T . t . . T T . t . . T T . t . . B . t . B . t . .
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