I am now into 6/8 - 12/8 rhythms. That would be Maraka, Wassolonka, etc. You can identify them because the bell of a dun typically goes like this:
I haven't figured out the reason for that ... Maybe it's a coincidence. The fact is that these rhythms have a 6/8 feeling inside and most of the accompaniments have also a 12/8 feeling. Let's take Maraka as an example:
Maraka lead melody (usually played by the dununba)
Maraka accompagnament (usually played by the sangban)
Now if you listen to dununba (and sangban together if you want) you can understand this rhythm as 12/8 (as shown above) or as 6/8 (as shown below).
Maraka lead
If you can hear both measures, then some solo phrases (that would otherwise be a little tricky) now come naturally. These songs have also a very strong feeling and there's a lot of "drive" when playing.
If you can hear both measures, then some solo phrases (that would otherwise be a little tricky) now come naturally. These songs have also a very strong feeling and there's a lot of "drive" when playing.
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Isn't this like triplets/duplets?
No, that is not it. Duplets would count as 1.2.3.4. and the length of this counting would be the same as the above 1..2..3..4..
hi
do you have some sound files playing the patterns you indicate in this post ?
thank you
You can try to listen to Gidamba (Dyidanba, Somba Koro, and other sinonims for the same rhythm). It is not the same as the one as mentioned in the post but it will do. I found one sample at this link dyidanba. Otherwise you can search for other rhythms of this kind as Marakadon, Kakilambe, Mendiani,... There are many on this page PaulNas but you'll have to enter them in a rhythm machine if you are not familiar with them.
The way I figured it out the difference between 12/8 and 6/8 is in the length of a cycle, if it is 1..2.., then it is a 6/8, if it is twice as long it is 12/8... and the last example looks to me like 6/4, there are 6 pulses 2 eight notes each.. 2 eight notes equals 1 quarter note... when played against a 12/8 rhythm you get a 6 over 4 polyrhythm...
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