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Music approaching differences : The Tandibéer. A journey through the senegalese Sabar

In the Senegalese musical tradition, there is a big number of cultural expressions and publicevents where the style, as well as the vibrant creativity of the Sabar percussion isdemonstrated. But if there is a moment on which this idea becomes most clear, this would bethe Tandibéer.The expressive and stylistic character of the Sabar drum playing is virtually exposed in theTandibéer where drummers and dancers have the opportunity to show their creative strengthand personality / <p><strong>Concert Program and Specifications</strong></p><p>”Music Approaching Differences”</p><p>Davide Rodrigues ExamensKonsert</p><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p>with Sabar Drum ”Baye Faal”(Coming on stage…)Concert starts with tradicional religious Baye Fall chant and drumming from Senegal on which thesinging and the percussion have a close interaction.</p><p>Yirime Gueye- Nder drum &amp; Thiou</p><p>lDavide Rodrigues- Nder drum &amp; Baala</p><p>Dawcoumba Diop- Thioul</p><p>Abdulaye Diop- Tungunee &amp; Baye Fall Chant</p><p>Nikolas Viisanen- Mbenguembengue</p><p><strong>Davide´s Percussion Solo</strong></p><p><strong></strong>On this solo totally improvised, an overview of the concert´s rhythmical landscape isdemonstrated. A lot of dynamics are explored in this self chosen set of sounds.</p><p>”<strong>Abrigo</strong>”</p><p>Using a small theme composed by the accordionist Isak Bergstrom as inspiration, this pieceexplores the interesting dynamic between the Accordion and the Drum with a short vocal choirintro with swedish Kulning.</p><p>Davide- Perc. &amp; Vox</p><p>Isak Bergstrom- Accordion &amp; Vox</p><p>Malin Gunnarsson Thunell- Kulning</p><p><strong>Malin &amp; Davide</strong></p><p>Voice and Drums are two of the most intuitive instruments and this duo explores this basicaspect of the music. A mix of musical language and texture springs up a very melodic piecewhere both interpreters find a good balance between this two intruments.</p><p>Malin Gunnarsson- Vox</p><p>Davide- Perc. &amp; Vox</p><p>”<strong>Zarabatana</strong>”</p><p>For long time Johannes Hellman (Velvlira) and Davide Rodrigues (Percussion) were aiming towork together and put in practice this interesting duo. This song ”Zarabatana” makes apowerful statement on that. Not only with a lot of vocal percussion but also with the melodicand very rhythmical intepretation from Johannes velvlira.</p><p>Johannes Hellman- VelvLira</p><p>Davide- Perc. &amp; Vox</p><p>”<strong>No TransversAu</strong>”</p><p>In this piece the music intends to reveal the great contrast between a simple and pentatonicmelody and the full expressed free improvisation.</p><p>Elias Frigård- Sax Soprano</p><p>Guto Lucena- Sax Baritono</p><p>Davide- Perc.</p><p>”<strong>Deslize</strong>”This piece started as a duo with bass (Rickard Jokela) and percussion and evolved naturally toa sextet with a interesting sound palette. The clear tipical senegalese groove supports an openspreaded melody that “slides” through the piece.</p><p>Malin Gunnarsson- Vox</p><p>David Lombardi- Violin</p><p>Elias Frigård- Sax Soprano</p><p>Rickard Jokela- Acoustik Bass</p><p>Filipe Raposo- Piano</p><p>Davide- Perc.</p><p>”<strong>Sagaz</strong>”A challenging theme that also started as a duo with the violinist David Lombardi became thisoctet with Strings, Piano and Sax Soprano. On this piece, inspired on the music from theswedish group Väsen, the Senegalese grooves and the ”SvenskSväng” are brought together ona very much arranged song.</p><p>Malin Gunnarsson- Vox</p><p>Davide Lombardi- Violin 1</p><p>Anna Karlsson- Violin 2</p><p>Johanna Nolgård- Viola</p><p>Elias Frigård- Sax Soprano</p><p>Rickard Jokela- Acoustik Bas</p><p>Filipe Raposo- Piano</p><p>Davide- Perc. &amp; Vox</p><p>"<strong>Navegar Navega</strong>r”(Fausto)</p><p>A version of the portuguese song ”Navegar Navegar” from Fausto with a percussion arrangementon the Sabar and tradicional portuguese drums.</p><p>Malin Gunnarsson- Vox</p><p>Karl Tirén- Mandolin</p><p>Johan Nilsson- Nylon Guitar</p><p>Isak Bergstrom- Accordion</p><p>Rickard Jokela- Acoustik Bass</p><p>Filipe Raposo- Piano</p><p>Guilherme Piedade- Perc.</p><p>Davide- Perc. &amp; Vox</p><p>"<strong>Tandibeer &amp; Dance"</strong></p><p>A small but yet intense taste of the tradicional senegalese ”Tandibéer”Some of the most popular rhythms are performed for the dance with the complex and intrincatesolo language of the Sabar drum aswell.</p><p>Yirime Gueye- Nder drum &amp; Thioul</p><p>Davide Rodrigues- Nder drum &amp; Baala</p><p>Dawcoumba Diop- Thioul</p><p>Abbe Diop- Tungunee</p><p>Nikolas Viisanen- Mbengue mbengue</p><p>____________________________________________________________________________Davide Rodrigues</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kmh-1717
Date January 2014
CreatorsRodrigues, Davide
PublisherKungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för folkmusik
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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