Soli de Manian
East Guinea. Soli version of the Manian people. Used for circumcision rites. Mamady says (9/98) that circumcisionrites are not religious in nature. When Islam came to the region, some people got the notion that females had to be circumcised in order to conform to Islam. This is false, but people now confuse culture with religion. The rhythm is different from Soli. It is the same ceremony, but the Manian people play a different rhythm.
Taught by Mamady Keita 21 Sept 1997 College Park MD
Beginner/Intermediate class
Transcribed by Rodger Osgood
legend:
T, t tone on strong hand, weak hand
S,s slap on strong hand, weak hand
B,b base on strong hand, weak hand
O open dunnun note
C closed dunnun note
x bell stroke
. place holder for spot with no note.
| repeat marks
> continuation on next line/from previous line
^ under a note indicates lead in (i.e. the point in the rhythm to
start off the break)
Time 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . |
Break TtT t T t . T t . T
|x x . x x . x x . x x . |
Sangban |C . . O . . C . . O . . |
|x . x . x x . x . x . x |
Kenkeni |C . . . O O . O . O . . |
|x . x . x x . x . x . x x . x . x x . x . x . x |
Dununba |. . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
lead in ^
I asked if there were Dununba variations, and at first Mamdy said no,
then said there was only one variation and played the following
occasionally while demoing the three dunnun
parts:
|x . x . x x . x . x . x x . x . x x . x . x . x |
Dununba O . O . . O . O . O . O O . . . . . . . . . . .
variation
Accomp 1 |B t T b S . B t T b S . |
Accomp 2 |S . T t . . S . T t . . |