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Rhythms to Try
Rhythms often 'pop' into my head/hands and these are some of
the ones I've used in extended playing, performance and teaching.
Note that they are a little 'out there' but very enjoyable once you
have them. The sound files are Quicktime movies.
RHYTHM 1
It's fun to have the second djembe/s play in unison then at a designated time play the first motif T.Tt continuously until the parts line up again and return to unison playing. The same goes for the second motif B.t.B.t though it's much more interesting:
(If Dj 2 continues for another 2 cycles the B.t.B.t figure will line up exactly as in the first part). And it's great to play this flat out!
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Dj 1 |
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . t . B . . t T . b . . T t . B . . t T . b . . T t . B . . t T . b . . T |
Dj 2 |
T . t . . S s . . T . t . . S s . . T . t . . S s . . T . t . . S s . . |
(462K) |
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The first rhythm is a variation of the B t T b T t triplet figures.