Ballet Style Dun Dun Arrangements
These are recordings of master drummer, Fara Tolno, playing breaks and ballet style dun dun arrangements for 42 popular West African rhythms. with advanced ballet arrangements for 41, covering a total 46 the 50 rhythms
(see chart below for details)
Here's a sample
Sample Track: Sinte, Ballet Duns
Sample Track: Sinte, Adv. Ballet Duns
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Breaks and ballet style dun dun arrangements for 42 popular West African rhythms
Breaks and Advanced Ballet Arrangements for 41 of the 50 Rhythms
Combined, the ballet and advanced ballet tracks cover 46 of the 50 rhythms
(See chart below for a list of rhythms covered)
Dun dun Kan solo performance by Fara Tolno, 10 minutes
$69.00
Ballet style arrangements:(one player playing all 3 duns)
- Each track begins with the authentic break for that rhythm
- After the break, the ballet arrangement for 20 seconds,
- Break, then the sangbahn and bell for 20 seconds (if there is a
sangbahn part)
- Break, then the ballet arrangement w/ sangbahn and bell, together
- Break, then the ballet arrangement w/ sangbahn/ bell and all
Djembe parts together.
- A .pdf file with the cultural context for each rhythm and the notation for all parts is included in the download.
Note: All parts including the shekere (shaker) are played by master drummer Fara Tolno. Each part is recorded individually and then layered on top of one another for the full ensemble.
A video sample of Fara's Ballet Style, Dun Dun Kan at Immersive.
(If there is no play button, double click to start)
The full audio of Fara's Dun Dun Kan is included in the Advanced Ballet Collection
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| Djole | ✓ | |
| Dununba | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fanga | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Konkoba | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Moribayassa | ✓ | ✓ |
| N'Goron | ✓ | ✓ |
| Niger | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Sinte | ✓ | ✓ |
| Soboninkun | ✓ | ✓ |
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