SOLI

Taught by Mamady Keita 20 Sept 1997 College Park MD

Intermediate/Advanced class Transcribed by Rodger Osgood

for Soli General

for Wassalon Soli

Note: the Dununba lead in plays right over the last two notes of the

break.

Here is how I hear Mamady playing the traditional solos. Note that each of these phrases marked Solo 1 - Solo 5 was played 4 times in class, but Mamady said that in reality they could be played any number of times, mixed in any order and with your own improvisations. I am VERY unsure of the hand patterns here, PLEASE, if anyone has a solid idea of the correct pattern for any of these phrases, let me know. The transition from Solo 1 to Solo 2 started right after beat 4 (at the point marked with the lead-in '^') , but the transition from Solo 2 to Solo 3 starts on beat 1 i.e. play Solo 2 all the way to the end and then start solo 3. On Solo 5 the rolls can start with either hand, Mamady said that your teacher does not tell you which hand to start the roll on, only the place to play it. He also said that although he is right handed, he starts his rolls on the left hand.