Passport and variations.

[Carl]

Ok, same drill as my subtracting basses post...

Start with "passport":

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s . . s s . t t
r . . l r . r l

This part is in a million tunes, take your pick...

Take away one slap, and you get an accompaniment part for Fe

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s . . s . . t t
r . . l . . r l

Go back to passport, double it up, and add a bass and you get an accompaniment for Djagbe (and others)

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1 . + . 2 . + . 3 . + . 4 . + .
s . . s s . t t s . b s s . t t
r . . l r . r l r . r l r . r l

Ok, this one is fun... cut passport in 1/2 and add a bass between each section and you get an accompaniment part for Fankani!

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1 . + . 2 . + . 3 . + . 4 . + .
s . . s s . b . s . t t s . b .
r . . l r . r . r . r l r . r .

finally, there is this part that's in my head, but I'm not sure what rhythm it would go to...? anyone?

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1 . + . 2 . + . 3 . + . 4 . + .
s . . s s . t t s . . b s . t t
r . . l r . r l r . . l r . r l

Ok, there's like 5 more parts, all related. I have one more group to post for 4/4 rhythms (based on Kassa if anyone want's to try and beat me to it (I'm looking at you michi!))

After that I take on 6/8 parts!

C

[bubudi]

this is another one i like to do with it when i'm the only djembe player. adds a bit of funk.

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s . . s s . t t s . b s s b t t
r . . l r . r l r . r l r l r l

[michi]

Ok, there's like 5 more parts, all related. I have one more group to post for 4/4 rhythms (based on Kassa if anyone want's to try and beat me to it (I'm looking at you michi!))

I have to admit that I'm at a loss as to what to do with Kassa. Do you mean the main accompaniment?

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s.ss.stts.ss.stt


In that case, I'm at a loss as to where to put the basses (apart from the obvious spots)

An accompaniment that Mohamed teaches for Kassa Dibon goes like this:

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t.ss..ss..ss..st


I guess that one could be used similarly to passport to fill in the unused slots with basses. Let's see... There are 7 unused slots, so that's 128 possible ways to add basses. I'm not at all sure that I would want to list them all here

There is also Mamady's accompaniment for Kassa Dibon.

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ttss..s.ttssb.s.


But that one doesn't strike me as all that suitable.

Could you post a few of the patterns you had in mind?

Cheers,

Michi.

[djembeweaver]

There is also Mamady's accompaniment for Kassa Dibon.

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ttss..s.ttssb.s.


But that one doesn't strike me as all that suitable.

I've been using this pattern with added basses for a couple of years both as an exercise and as the basis for a djembe kan.

First variation:

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ttss..s.ttssb.sb


I call this a 'cheeky bass' - one slotted into the last sub-pulse before the 1.

Second variation:

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ttss..s.ttssbbsb


Plus one more I use:

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ttss.bs.ttssb.sb


[davidognomo]

[michi]

That's a nice variation, thanks!

Michi.