Djansa

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Call T TT T TT SSS

Djansa (Dansa, Yansa, Diansa) is origianally coming from the Kassouke-people f r l l l r r l r

from Southern Mali (Kayes-region), Originally it was a competition dance for
the young men; nowadays a populair rhythm, played all over West Africa. In sangban ÷
Mali in earlier days, only two bass-drums were used. A third pattern was
added (here kenkeni-pattern) and its logical that different kenkeni patterns
on different occasions were improvised. Pick the one you like best! Sangban Ž Ž Ž  ÷

x x x x x x x x Y
Yado yado mayhonteyla, yado yado....

Farafina’s Moroman Wouele is a piece with Djansa as basic rhythm: Doundoun ! ! Ž

x x x x x x x x x x
I yee mama woule dounja
a-yee moroman toro san dounja
iyo moroman torra man nanna yerela kolela moggo ten ya mie ŽŽ Ž ŽŽ Ž

x x x x x x x x x
ee moroman wouele, ee moroman wouele,
ee moroman woule, na na yella folila moggo tie do
Kenkeni 1 Ž Ž Ž Ž
no yaye dounja die ten allala,
x x x x x x x x
fanta den nouko ten nan minya
no yaye dounja de tan wollo,
so man den nou fo te sa dounja Kenkeni 1a Ž! Ž! Ž! Ž!
no yaye dounja die tan alla
x x x x x x x x
farafju na nu kuma ten nan dounja
aye moroman nenne manna yerela folela moggo ten ya mie
Kenkeni 2 ŽŽ Ž ŽŽ Ž
ee moroman wouele, ee moroman wouele, x x x x x x x x x x
ee mogoman woule, na na yella folila moggo tie do

Kenkeni 3 Ž ŽŽ Ž ŽŽ

x x x x x x x x x x
Doundoun ! ! Ž Djembé solo 1 SS BSSS B

variation 1 x x x x x x x x x x phrase 1 r l l r l r l

Doundoun ! ŽŽ ŽŽ SS BSSS T T

x x x x x x x x x phrase 2 r l l r l r r l

Doundoun Ž ŽŽ Ž ŽŽ Ž Ž Ž SS TTSSS T T

echauffement x x x x x x x x x phrase 3 r l r l r l r r l

Djembé 1 S SS TTS SS T T SS TTSTTSTTSTTS B

r l l r l r l r r l phrase 4 r l l r l r l r l r l r l r l

Sources:
Djembé 2 SS SS TTS B SBT T
Lessons from Martin Bernhard and Ponda ‘Bryan
r l l r r l r r r l r l Written material: Åge Delbanco, Ponda O’Bryan, Stephan Rigert, Larry
Morris, Paul Janse and Rafaël Kronberger.

Djembé B SS BSSB t SSTTS S

solo accomp.1 r r l l r l r l r l r l r l

Djembé BSSSTTSSBSSSTTS S

solo accomp.2 r l r l r l r l r l r l r l r l

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