Mande MusicDafne

Origins Mande: ethnic group (Mandinka, Maninka and

Bamana)

Mali

Jeli (griot)

Performed on TV, radio or life-cycle events

Variations Hunters

Commonly 2 voices

Improv

ABA

Call and response

Ternary to binary rhythm shift

Short melodies repeated

Stories and epics

Jeliya Speaking voice or singing voice

Improv

Loose form

Call and response (only with more than one jeli)

Compound meter

Scales (ascending/descending)

Repertoire piece texts

Drumming Improv voices (chant)

Improv

Circle music

Lead drummer (usually djembe)

Call and response on drums (leaders calls)

Compound meter (few in duple meter)

Tuning of drums create interweaved melodies

No text

http://www.jessenolan.com/mandemusic.pdf

Modern Mande Some improv

Strict form

Call and response (ballet: drums and dancers)

Triple meter more often used than duple

No text for ballets

French, Bamana, English, Spanish, Portuguese

Jeli Class of artisans

Hereditary

Preserve the history and culture

Girls tend to specialize as singers

Boys tend to specialize in the instruments of the jelis

Instruments Kora : played in the Eastern tradition (more

vocally dominated)

Ngoni

Balafon

Tamani (talking drum)

Djembe

Dunun

Vocals are the dominant instrument

Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

N_kHhkvw0jI

Noticeable Musicians Toumani Diabaté

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hVZ96W61Eo

Bassekou Kouyate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw5ZjwexcTc

Example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

KS704uFn_kE

Works Cited "Growing into Music." Mande music in Mali

and Guinea. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. <http://growingintomusic.co.uk/mali-and-guinea-music-of/mali-and-guinea-the-mande/>.

"Mande Music." Mande Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. <http://www.jessenolan.com/mandemusic.pdf>.

"Music of Mali." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Oct. 2014. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Mali>.