Tiriba - Michael Markus
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Break T . T . . b S s S s . b >>
S t T s T t S s . S . . >>
Jembe 1 S . T t T t S b . b . b
^
Jembe 2 B s . T s . B s . T s .
Jembe 3 B . . b T t B . . b T t
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Sangba . . . B . . . . . B . . comes in on 4
^
Dununba B . . . B . B . . . . .
1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Intro . . . . . . . b S t T s S . . . >>
S . T t S . . b S t T s S . . . >>
S . T t S . . b S t T s S . . . >>
S . T t S . . b S t T s S . . . >>
S . T t S . . . T . T . S s . t >>
T . S . T . S s S . . . T . S s >>
S . . . T . S s S . . . . . . . >>
T . S s S . . . T . S s S . . . >>
T . S s S . . . . . . . . . . . >>
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
bS . s B t T b S . B t T >>
bS . s B t T b S s B . . >>
bS . s B t T b S . B t T >>
bS . s B t T b S s B . b >>
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
T t T t T t . . @ . . b >>
S s S s S s . . $ . . b >>
T t T t T t . . @ . . b >>
S s S s S s . . $ . . b >>
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
S s . . S s T t S s . b >>
S s . . T t S t T s . b >>
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
S s B s S b S s B t T b >>
S s B s S b S s B t T b >>
S s B s S b S s B t T b >>
S s B s S b S s B t . . >>
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Break T . T . . b S s S s . b >>
S t T s T t S s . S . . >>
Fast Tempo
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Jembe 1 S s . . T t S s . . T t
Jembe 2 B s T . s . B s . B s .
Jembe 3 B . . b T t B . . b T t
Tiriba - Serge Blanc
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Break TtT t T t . T t . T . .
Jembe 1 B s T . s . B s . B s .
Jembe 2 S . T s . b S . T s . b
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Sangba M . . B B . M . . B B .
Bell x . x . x . x x . x . x
Dununba B . B . B . . M . M . .
Tiriba - Mamady
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
x x . x x . x x . x x .
Sangban C . . O . . C . . O . .
x x . x x . x x . x x .
Kenkeni O O . C . . O O . C . .
x x . x x . x x . x x .
Dununba O . . . O . O . . . . .
Variation x x . x x . x x . x x .
Dununba O . O . O . O . . . . O
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Jembe 1 B s T . s . B s . B s .
Jembe 2 B . . t S . B . . t S .
Jembe 3 B . S b T t B s . b T t
Mid-Break - Fair approximation
Timeline 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
Signal $ . . . . . . . . . . . >
$ . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Call T . S S S . T . S S S . T . S S >>
S . . . B . B . B . B . B . . . >> Basses respond
T . S S S . T . S S S . T . S S >>
S . . . B . B . B . B . B . . . >>
T . S S S . B . B . . . T . S S >>
S . B . B . . . $ . . . B . . . >>
$ . . . B . . . $ . $ . . . B . >>
B . . . $ . $ . . . B . B . . S >> simplified call
S . . S S . S . T . T . S . . . >> rhythm
Djoliba tune' a madima wunde nama
Djoliba foriya kah n'khaniba
Djoliba mayala Djoliba
Djoliba foriya kah n'khaniba
Notes:
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND (FROM M. WALL):
A rhythm of the Landouma people of western coastal Guinea. There are three stages of history to Tiriba. Tiriba was the name of a man. At first the rhythm was a mask dance. Tiriba would go around and visit different villages after the harvest time with drummers to play and dance. When Tiriba died, the rhythm and dance lived on and were named after him. Over time, the context of the dance has changed. Tiriba (the rhythm and dance) became a dance for girls after their initiation. Their mothers would organize a party and the young women would dance to show gratitude to their mothers and confirm that they were now women. They would come together with their mothers to honor them: "Thank you mother, now I know what I didn't know before, I am a woman now." Today, Tiriba is a general dance of celebration played at all kinds of occasions, weddings, Ramadan, etc. (Adam Rugo from Mamady Keita)
Traditionally, there were no dunduns (sangban, kenkeni, or dununba) played on Tiriba. Instead there was a single bass drum called a "Drama". It is a large, one headed, open bottom drum with goat skin, that is played by hand, not with a stick. This drum is also used instead of dunduns by the peoples of western Guinea for rhythms like Kakilambe, Sorsenet, and Yankadi/Macru. (Doug Kane from Mamady Keita)
Traditionally, the Tiriba is not played on the djembe but on smaller drums made of stretched deerskin with wooden corners. It is played for circumcisions and also during the medicine men's important festivals and ceremonies. (Blanc)
...a dance for young girls with their mothers after their initiation. (snip) Mamady did say that this rhythm has now become one that is played at all kinds of celebrations. (Bob Boyd)
Tiriba is a Landuman people's rhythm (from W. Guinea). Traditionally danced by girls with their mothers after girls' initiation; indicates to the mothers that they know the "secrets" of womanhood. Popularly danced now in welcoming Ramadan, marriages, harvest ceremonies. (Pam Nishikawa from Mamady Keita)