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LEGEND
Gankogui: Double toned bell from Ghana		X / H = High Bell L = Low Bell
Axatse: Gourd shaker from Ghana		P = Pa ( knee ) T = Ti ( hand )
Kpanlogo: Carved hand drum from Ghana   ( Optionally played with sticks )		O = Open Tone B = Bass C = Closed
Ewe Drums: Staved drums from Ghana   ( Sogo, Kidi, Kagan - played with sticks )		O = Open Tone C = Closed
Djembe: West African style hand drum		O = Open Tone B = Bass S = Slap
Dunun: Bass drum ( played with mallet )   ( Kenkeni, Sangban, Dununba )		B = Bass (open) C = Closed

FANGA:  Popular welcome song from Liberia.
PART	1				2				3				4
Gankogui	X	X	-	-	X	X	-	-	X	X	-	-	X	X	-	-
Djembe 1	B	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	B	-	B	-	O	O	-	-
Djembe 2	B	-	B	B	-	B	O	O	B	-	-	B	B	-	O	O
Djembe 3	C	C	-	-	C	C	-	-	C	C	-	-	O	O	-	-

GAHU:  Traditional social dance from Ewe tribe of Ghana.
PART	1				2				3				4
Gankogui	L	-	-	H	-	-	H	-	-	-	H	-	-	-	H	-
Axatse	P	-	-	P	T	-	P	-	T	-	P	-	T	-	P	-
Sogo	C	-	-	-	O	-	C	-	C	-	-	-	O	-	C	-
Kidi	O	O	-	C	C	-	O	-	O	O	-	C	C	-	O	-
Kagan	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O

KPANLOGO:  Urban youth dance-drum song from Ga tribe of Ghana.
PART	1				2				3				4
Gankogui	X	-	-	X	-	-	X	-	-	-	X	-	X	-	-	-
Axatse	P	-	P	T	P	-	P	T	P	-	P	T	P	-	P	T
Kpanlogo 1	O	O	O	O	B	-	C	C	O	-	O	O	B	-	C	C
Kpanlogo 2	O	O	-	C	-	C	C	-	O	-	B	-	-	O	O	-
Kpanlogo 3	-	-	C	C	-	-	O	O	-	-	C	C	-	-	O	O

KUKU:  Popular social dance of West Africa.
PART	1				2				3				4
Signal	oo	-	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	-	S	S	S	-	-	-
Djembe 1	B	-	-	-	B	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	-	-
Djembe 2	B	-	O	O	-	-	S	-	B	-	O	O	-	-	S	-
Djembe 3	O	O	-	S	O	O	S	-	O	O	-	S	O	O	S	-
Sangban	B	-	-	C	-	-	B	-	B	-	-	C	-	-	B	-
Sangban Bell	X	-	X	X	-	X	X	-	X	-	X	X	-	X	X	-
Kenkeni	B	B	-	-	B	B	-	-	B	B	-	-	B	B	-	-
Kenkeni Bell	X	X	-	-	X	X	-	-	X	X	-	-	X	X	-	-
Dununba (a)	-	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	-	B	-
Dununba (b)	B	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dununba Bell	X	-	X	X	-	X	X	-	X	-	X	-	X	-	X	-

SAMBA:  A few variations for the national rhythm of Brazil.
PART	1				2				3				4
Bell	H	-	H	-	L	-	H	H	-	H	-	H	L	-	L	-
Bell Var.	L	-	H	-	H	-	L	L	-	H	-	H	H	-	L	-
Bass Drum	B	-	-	O	O	-	-	B	B	-	-	O	O	-	-	B
Bass Var.	B	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	B	-	-	O	O	O	-	-
Lead Drum	O	-	O	-	B	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	B	B	B	B
Lead Var.	O	-	O	-	B	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	B	-	B	-
Lead Var.	B	-	B	-	O	-	B	B	-	B	-	B	O	O	O	O

SUNGURU BANI:  Mali song in 12.

PART

1

2

3

4

Gankogui

L

-

H

-

H

H

-

H

-

H

-

H

Djembe 1

B

O

O

B

S

-

B

O

O

B

S

-

Djembe 2

B

-

S

B

O

O

B

-

S

B

O

O

Djembe 3

S

-

B

O

O

-

S

-

B

C

O

-

TIRIBA:  Popular social dance from Guinea.
PART	1			2			3			4
Signal	oo	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	-
Djembe 1	B	S	O	-	S	-	B	S	-	B	S	-
Djembe 2	B	-	-	O	S	-	B	-	-	O	S	-
Djembe 3	B	-	S	B	O	O	B	S	-	B	O	O
Dunun Bell	X	X	-	X	X	-	X	X	-	X	X	-
Sangban	C	-	-	B	-	-	C	-	-	B	-	-
Kenkeni	B	B	-	C	-	-	B	B	-	C	-	-
Dununba	B	-	-	-	B	-	B	-	-	-	-	-

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