Jansa

JANSA (DANSA, DIANSA)

Madou Dembele's Version One

Taken from St. Louis workshop, 1999; Fairfield, 1999, and Des Moines, 2000.

INTRO: CALL AND RESPONSE (BASSES)

                1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - -
Djembes         S t T s T t S . B . b . B . . . >>
                S . . . S . . . B . b . B . . . >> (repeat)
            
                S t T s T t S . B . b . B . TtT >>
                t . . t S . s . B . b . B . TtT >>
                t . . t S . s . B . b . B . . . >>
                B b . B . b . B b . B . b . . . >> into parts:
            
Dununba         . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . .
                Repeat until last phrase        >>
                O O . O . O . O O . O . O . . . >>

                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Djembe #1      bS . S s B t T .bS . S s B . . . (Note: bS played together)

Djembe #2       S . . s S . T t S . . s S . T t

Additional Parts:

Djembe #3       b . T t . . S . b . T t . . S .
                                            ^
Djembe #4       S . . b S . b . S . T t S . b .  (Part in St. Louis)

Djembe #5       S . S . S s . . B . . . B . . .  (2003 - "Tastes like chicken")

                1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - -
Sangba          B . . B . . B . . . M . . . B .

Kenkeni         B . . . . B B . B . . . . B B .

Dununba         B . . . . . . . M . . . B B . . >>
                B B B . . . . . M . . . . . . .

Variation       M . . B . B . B . B . B . B . B >>
                . B . B . B . B . B . B . B . B

Dununba         B . . . . . . . M . . . B B . B >>
                . B . . . . . . B . B . . . . .

Duns (2000)
COMBINE         1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - -
                B . . K S . K . S . K . B B . B

BREAK/END

REPEAT INTRO BREAK: FAST, THEN:

                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Djembe #1       B . T t . . S . B . T t . . S .
                                            ^
Djembe #2       S . . s S . T t S . . s S . T t

 

Other parts     1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Djembe          T t S s . b S s T t S S . b S s 

Djembe          S s . s S . T t S . B . S b T t

New Ending      1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

END BREAK       @ . T t . T . T t . T . S s S s >>

                S . . . B . . S . . B s B b T B >>

                B

                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Djembe #1       B . T t . . S . B . . . S s S s >>

                S . . . B . . S . . B s B b T B >>

                B

                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Djembe #2       S . . s S . T t S . . s S s S s >>

                S . . . B . . S . . B s B b T B >>

                B

JANSA SOLO - MAMADY (VIDEO) - APPROXIMATION ONLY

                1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
                B T S S T T S S B T S S T T S S  >> 4-6 TIMES
                S S . . . . . B S S S . . . . B  >> 4-6 TIMES
            T T S S . . . . T T S S S . . . T T  >> 4-6 TIMES

                S S . T T S T T S T T S T T S B  >>
                S S . . . . . B S S S . . . . B  >> 4-6 TIMES
               
                S S . TTTS--TTTS--TTTS--TTTS  B  >>
                S S . . . . . B S S S . . . . B  >> 4-6 TIMES

                T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  >> 4-6 TIMES
                T T S S S S S S S S S S S S . .  >> BREAK 

JANSA SOLO -

               1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
               B t S s T t S s B t S s T t S s  >> 2-4 TIMES

               S s . . . . . b S . T . S . . b  >> 
               S . S s . b S . S S . . tTtT. t  >> 4-6 TIMES                                  

variation      S s . . . b S . T . S . . b S . 
               S s . . . b S . S S . . tTtT. t  >> 4-6 TIMES

               S s . s S . S s . s S . tTtT. t  >> 4-6 TIMES
                                                 last time, no final t  

               @ . T t . t . t T . T . T t . .  BREAK