FOLILA
RHYTHM CATALOG
The rhythmcatalog
is meant for everyone who is inte-
rested
in West-African
percussion, likes to notate
rhythms and wants
to share his or her
writings with
others.
Of course it is well
known that a lot of
people have objections
writing down
traditional
rhythms and showing
them in public. It
is there good
right.
Notating a rhythm means
producing an image of
the actual
music. However this
image can be very
valuable.
For more information
on the arguments
against rhythm
notation
you can go into the archives
of Djembe-l
.
By e-mail you can
send comments to the rhythms
notated.In fact
FOLILA wants to encourage you to
send comments
and will include them
in the catalog as
long you have no
objection
that your name and e-mail
adress will be
mentioned next
to them. By this
FOLILA
wants to act as a registration platform
with
respect to west-african
percussion rhythm's.
However, it is
important to keep discussions about
the
truth-factor
of the notated rhythm's going.
These discussions
should take place elsewhere, for
example
on Djembe-l.
Last but not least
: if someone thinks his or her
copyright is violated
please contact FOLILA :
kaztam@xs4all.nl
FOLILA
RHYTHM CATALOG
OTHER RHYTHM CATALOGS :
The WAP - Pages
Larry
Morris Rhythm Catalog
Selected
djembe rhythms (Lars Bjornfot)
Drum
Rhytm Transcriptions (Jim Salem)
FANKANI
Catalog
FOLILA
RHYTHM CATALOG
The
rhythm's are notated using the symbols below :
*...*...*...*...
means:
1...2...3...4...
DJEMBE
DUN'S
b
: bass
x : bell
o
: open
d : dununba
s
: slap
s : sangban
#
: flam
k : kenkeni
rm
: roulememt
f : closed stroke(ferme)
t
: tip
r : rimstroke
lac
: look-alike
call
$
: closed slap
It
is supposed to use a continuing handsetting while playing the Djembe.
So,as
an example, someone left handed should play :
*...*...*...*...
*...*...*...*...
..oos..s..oo..b.
as ..oos..s..oo..b.
lrl r lr l
Furthermore,
when a stroke is underlined it
is supposed
to
start playing from that very point in time
ABIOUEKA
ABONDAN
BALAKULANDYAN
BALANSONDE
BANDOGIALLI
BASICOLO
BOLOKONONDO
BREAK 1 (BINARY)
BREAK 2 (BINARY)
BREAK 1 (TERNARY)
BREAK (TERNARY/BINARY)
DANSA
DENNADON 1
DENNADON 2
DJAA
DJAA
WASSOLON
DINGDONG
DJABARA
DJAGBE
DJAGBEWORA
DJELIDON ?
DJOLEE
1
DJOLEE 2
DJOLEE
3
DOMBA
DONABA
DUNUNBE
FANKANI
FOROKOROBA
KADAN
KAKILAMBEE
1
KAKILAMBEE
2
KAKILAMBEE
3
KALA
KANIN
KANANKE
KARANKEFOLI
KASSA
1
KASSA
2 (FOUABA)
KASSA
3 (SORO )
KASSA 4 (DJIBO)
KELEM
SE
KIDAMBA
KOMODON
KONDEN
KONKOBA
KONO
KONOWULEN
1
KONOWULEN
2
KUKU
1
KUKU
2
KUKU
CASSE
KURABADON
LAFE
LAMBA
LIBERTE
LIBERTE
DEUX
MAJORETTE
MAKENDE ?
MAMBO
?
MANEH
MAKURU
LENT
MAMAYA
MARAKADON
MENI
MENDJANI
MORIBAYASSA
MUSO
NANTALOMBA
N'GORON
PANTER
RUMBA
1
RUMBA
2
SAADON
SABAR
SABAR
MODERNE
SOBONINKUN
SOFA 1
SOFA
2
SOFA
SOKO
SOLI
SOLI
WASSOLON
SORSORNET
SUNU
TAKONANI
TAKOSABA
THALASSA
TIMINI
TIRIBA
1
TIRIBA
2
TORO
WASSOLO ?
WOLOSSODON
YANKADEE
YOKUI
ZAOULI
BOLON
DENNADON
DJAAKOUROUSSA
DJABARA
DJAGBE
DUNUMBE
KENNEFOLI
LAFE
LOLO
SOROFOLI
SORSORNET
Larry
Morris Rhythm Catalog
Notations
of :
ADOWA
AKIWOWO
BINTIN
DALAH
DANSA
DJABARA
FANGA
GBEREDU
2
KAKILAMBE
KASSA
KUKU
KOREDUGA
LAMBA
LENGJEN
MANDIANE
MENI
MOMBASA
MORIBAYASSA
NOKOBE
SOLI
SORSORNET
SUNU
TIMINI
TIRIBA
YANKADI
AND
MORE....
Selected
djembe rhythms (Lars Bjornfot)
Notations
of :
BASIKOLO
CASSA
DOUDOUMBA
KAKELAMBE
Drum
Rhytm Transcriptions (Jim Salem)
Notations
of :
DONBA
FANGA
KAKILAMBE
MANDJANI
TORO
ABONDAN
DIANSA
KASSA
MAKRU
SOLI
DES MANIANS