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    r os td nt = cy it as = Ss ~ — pe CHAPTER ONE SIKY] RHYTHMS OF THE ASHANTI PEOPLE OF GHANA ER _KWABENA BOATENG, MAXWELL AKOMEAH AMOH, MARTIN KWAAKYE OBENC, ‘ABRAHAM KOBENA ADZENYAH, AND SARAH THOMPSON and western Ghana. Because its theme is flirting between men and women, the songs, dance movements and drum rhythms are meant to evoke the drama of social interaction. ‘Though it may be played more slowly, Sikyi is often played at an extremely fast tempo. § ikyi is a recreational dance music of the Ashanti people of central RENTEN ===: FRIKYIWA—METAL CASTANET BELL es — 3 NTORWA~COURD RATTLE PONNO- HOVRGLASS STRING TENSION DRUM, AGYEGYEWA-SMALL DRUM, TAMALIN 1— HIGH-PITCHED FRAME DRUM, TAMALIN 2— MEDIVVPITCHED FRAME DRUM TAMMALIN 3— LOW: PITCHED FRAME DRUM TAMMALIN 3—VARIATION APENTEMMA—HAND DRUM APENTEMMA DIALOGVE PATTERN Sikyi Agro Fo (Lear's Come Together and Play, Dance, Daa Dwene (Sleep is Lite Death, It Takes You Away — and Sing Sidyi) When You Dream, You See Death) Lead vocal: Martin Kwaakye Obeng Lead vocal: Abraham Kobena Adzenya SIKYL DRUMSET PTATIONS De -; # ‘The low tamalin pulse provides a foundation for the dance steps while the frikyiwa bell pattern acts asa timekeeper and pushes the music forward. Play the tamalin pulse on the bass drum and the frikyiwa timeline on the hi-hat. ‘You can also play the bass drum as a two-stroke “heartbeat” throughoue this section, RTE ‘The sharp hight tones of the agyegyewa also drive the music. Try che agyegyewa rhythm on snare and cymbal bel, frst separately, then in unison over the foor pattems of Example 1, Begin slowly and gradually inetease the tempo, ‘The donno “talking drum” produces a high/low tone combination that solidifies the Sikyi pulse. ‘Add these sounds on high and low toms with the ceymbal, bass drum and hi-hac patterns, ‘The high tamalin pattern corresponds to the ‘one-measure clave rhythm, also known as resilo ‘cubano (Cuban triples). "Try this phrase on the snare drum as regular strokes or eross-sticks. Next play the open/mute tone pattern on low and high toms. es — = — ae | Finally, change the chird stroke to erose-stick on. the sna 8 ‘The medium-sized tamalin rhythm consists of| three mute strokes that follow the timeline and three open tones. Ifyou play this pattern between she toms, itcan ignite a horn or guitar soto, S ‘We can vary this chythm by leaving out a stroke ‘or changing the the high/low tone patcern in any number of ways. Accenting these strokes pushes E the groove forward. Try the variations shown here, and create your own. The cross-sticks on the snare

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