This is
where you can find - as well as
contribute to - notation for the drums
of the West African djembe tradition!
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The
intention with S.H.A.R.E. is to reflect
the ways various rhythms are played in
different places, situations and times.
I
opened this site by sharing the
notation from my commercial products
and some other notation sources.
Note! Many of the references
on the
rhythm pages have moved to new locations:
R Clark , M
Wall / Cross Reference
,
WAP
, Djembe
Boom , ADR
S.H.A.R.E.
eventually turned into the
Notation
Playback Rhythm Exchange
and is no longer kept updated
- but the rhythms are still there!
Lennart
Hallstrom
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Flexible
Notation
All parts are displayed in ASCII
character
notation that will be turned into graphics
if you choose to install the Djembe Font *
- see examples above and below
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The following
table shows the basic notes
and their corresponding ASCII characters
and graphic Djembe Font symbols
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b
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t
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s
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-
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bass
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tone
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slap
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rest
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The
Rhythms Menu
To the right
is a list of rhythms with links
to their respective S.H.A.R.E. page.
Resource
Links
Apart from the
notation on each page
there are links to external resources:
Cultural Context
The origin and
traditional context
of each rhythm. Cross references.
Sound Samples
Sources of sound
for each rhythm.
Wave, Midi, MP3 and many others.
Merchandise
Instructionals,
live recordings, etc.
Books, CDs, Audio & Video tapes.
Notation
Other notation
sites and sources
using different notation systems.
Copyright
Notice
Traditional music
has no copyright.
Accompaniment
parts and signals
cannot be copyrighted due to their
inadequate originality - i.e. anyone
may incidentally produce it.
Arrangements
may be copyrighted
if they are
new and very unique.
Long non-traditional
solo phrases
or breaks are safest to regard as
protected by copyright.
Any printed or
recorded product is
always protected by the copyright
of the producer.
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This means
that you are free to
use all parts that you find here,
there
and everywhere, without
asking anybody for permission
It
means that you should make
sure it´s ok to use somebody´s
solo phrases before you do it
It
also means that you may not
copy an actual product without
the permission of the producer
When
in doubt, always ask for
permission before you use or
reproduce somebody's work
And
if you do use the work of
somebody else - credit them!
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* The
Djembe Font is a Windows True
Type Font that can be downloaded from
the Freeware page of www.djembe.net
where there is also a presentation of the
font, a FAQ page and a complete legend