Djelidon / Djelifoli / Sanja / Lamba

Djelidon (dance of the djeli), Djelifoli (rhythm of the djeli), Sanja and Lamba
are all names for the Mali dance / rhythm that used to be danced exclusively
by the Djeli, the Griot. The dance was accompanied only by a balafon or kora.
Nowadays also djembé and dunduns are played. In Mali only two dunduns are
used: the Kenkeni and the Dundun. Below the sangban
pattern the Malinke added is also presented. The rhythm starts slowly (like
many Mali dances). In this part the feel is slighly different to the faster part,
and there is a slight delay for the 2nd pulse in the pattern (see djembé 1). You
can find more about microtiming on the Djembémande website. In the solo´s
there is a strong accent on the 7th pulse (in the 2nd beat). The different
teachers that thought me this rhythm (see the sources-page) presented small
differences in the patterns, but the melody compares. 30-04-2002

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

Kenkeni

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

Sangban

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

Dun Dun

. . . O . . O . . . . . O . O .
x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .
Call

S . T . T . T . T . T . T . . .
f . r . r . r . r . r . r . . .
S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O .
D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O

Kenkeni

O . . . O . o . O . . . O . o .
x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x .

Sangban

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

Dun Dun

. . . . O . O . O . o O . . O O
. . x . x . x . x . x x . . x x

Dun Dun variation

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

Sangban

. . . . . . . . . . O . O . O O
. 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 .

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

Kenkeni

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

Combination

S . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . .
D O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . O
x . x x . x x . x x . x . x . x

Djembé 1 (watch the slight delay in 2nd and 10th pulse)

T T S S . . S S T T S S B . S S
r l r l . . r l r l r l r . r l

Djembé 2

B . S S T T s s B . S S T T s s
r . r l r l . . r . r l r l . .

Extra Djembé patterns

Djembé 3

T T S S . . B . . . S S . . B .
r l r l . . r . . . r l . . r .

Djembé 4

T T S S . B S S . . S S . B S S
r l r l . l r l . . r l . l r l
Djembé 5

T T S . B S S . T T S . B S S .
r l r . r l r . r l r . r l r .

Djembé solofrase 1

. . . . . . . . . . . . S . S .
. . . . . . . . . . . . f . f .

. . T T . . S . . . . . . . . .
. . r l . . f . . . . . . . . .

Djembé solofrase 2

. . . . . . . . . . . . T T S S
. . . . . . . . . . . . r l r l

S S S S . . S . . . . . . . . .
r l r l . . f . . . . . . . . .

Djembé solofrase 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . T T . T
. . . . . . . . . . . . r l . l

T . T T . . S . . . . . S S . S
r . r l . . f . . . . . . . . .

S . S S . . S . . . . . . . . .
r . r l . . f . . . . . . . . .

Djembé solofrase 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . T . S S
 . . . . . . . . . . . . f . r l

T . S S T . S . . . . . . . . .
f . r l f . f . . . . . . . . .

Djembé solofrase 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . S S S S
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 r l r

S S . S . . S . . . . . . . . .
l r . r . . f . . . . . . . . .