My personal notation for djembe in ASCII ======================================== (c) Andreas Schamanek * 2010-05-08 Big notation ------------ B ... bass "bomm" Bb ... "bromm" r/l ... right/left O ... open "gu" Oo ... "gru" ^/v ... emphasis X ... slap "ta(k)" Xx ... "tra" 1 ... start here . ... tap / ... "ging" |x4 ... repeat 4 times >> Samples << Traditional | r___r_l _r_ _l r_ _l_ r_ _ _ | 4/4 Break |: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | :| | Xx X X X X X X X | | r_l_r_l r_l_r_l _ _ _ _ _ _ | Djembe 1 |: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | :| | X X X O O O O O X X | ^ | /_ _/_ /_ _/_ /_ _/_ /_ _/_ | / ... bell Dundun |: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | :| X ... muffled | X O O O O | O ... open | /_ _/_ /_ _/_ |x2 Kenkeni |: | | | | | | | | :| | O O O | Quick notation -------------- b ... bass "bomm" B ... "bromm" 8 ... 2 bass "bobom" o ... open "gu" O ... "gru" @ ... 2 open "gugu" x ... slap "ta(k)" X ... "tra" # ... 2 slaps "tata(k)" ^/v . emphasis / ... "ging" . ... tap 1 ... start _ ... nothing r ... right l ... left >> Samples << r rl r l r l r Traditional ____ ____ ____ ____ 4/4 Break |: |||| |||| |||| |||| :| X xx x x x x x Silamalon ____ ____ ____ ___1 ____ ____ ____ ____ Solo 2 |: |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| :| with rolls #xx x x xx x @oxx x x x xx oox Silamalon rlrl 1 Solo 3 |: xx__ ____ ____ ___x @oxx x@o xx x @oxx :| -- Andreas Schamanek http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~schamane/ Rhythms For Djembe And Friends http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~schamane/data/audio/rhythms/ keywords: notation, ascii, plain text, hand drumming, percussion, djembe, dundun, sangban, kenkeni, duns, doundoun, doundounba, sangpan