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Fanga Babatunde Olatunji |
Fanga is a welcome rhythm from Liberia that has been tought by Babatunde Olatunji, a West African Percussion teacher, who with his lessons and personality, inspired many djembe players in the United States.
When a drummer plays the low part of this rhythm, he mimes the action of a cook pulling hot pieces of food from a steaming pot. Dinner will be served!
The transcriptions are from various email exchanges throughout the Djembe-L mailinglist.
The song he used to sing to accompany the rhythm is in the Yoruba language.
Fanga alafayia, ashe ashe (4x) Ashe, Ashe, ashe, ashe.
Ikabo alafiya, ashe ashe (4x) Ashe, Ashe, ashe, ashe.
Eluga alafiya Ashe, Ashe, ashe, ashe. |
Arthur Prelle |
2012-11-19 |
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