Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Adjos
Adjos
Adjos
Adjos is a rhythm of the Baolé-people from the South of Ivory Coast. It used
to be a slow and majestic dance to be played for the king. Nowadays it's
played much faster. Th intro is traditional. This song was sung especially in
honour of Samore Touré (a very important King). In the song the audiance
repeats the line that has been sung by the solo-singer. After a while the
change to the second line is made and after some more time you can go back to
the first, and repeat the sequence. 10-9-2000
Ee ee ee al ma mi yoo
Aa ee kou gbe ko ja ma lu ee
Call
T . T T . T T . T . S S S . . .
f . r l . l r . r . r l r . . .
Break
T . . S . . T . S . . . T . S .
r . . l . . r . l . . . r . l .
. . . . . . T . S . T . S . T .
. . . . . . r . l . r . l . r .
S . . S S . S . . . . . T . T .
l . . r l . r . . . . . r . l .
Kenkeni
O . . . O . . . O . . . O . . .
x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x .
Sangban
C . . . . . O . C . . . . . O .
x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x .
Dun Dun
. . . . . . . . O . . . O . . .
x . x x . x x . x . x . x . x .
S . . S T T S . T T . S T T S .
r . . l r l r . r l . l r l r .
Djembe 1; repeat
T T . S T T S . T T . S T T S .
r l . l r l r . r l . l r l r .
Sangban echauffement
O . O . O . . . O . O . O . . .
x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x .
Dundun echauffement
. O . O . O . O O . O . O . O O
. x . x . x . x x . x . x . x x
A B . . . B . . . B . . . B . S .
r . . . r . . . r . . . r . l .
B T T . . B . S . T T . . B . S .
r l . . r . l . r l . . r . l .
C B . . . B . S . B . . . B . S .
r . . . r . l . r . . . r . l .
D T T . S S . T . T . . . B . S .
r l . r l . r . l . . . r . l .
For example in the sequence: A (1x), B(2x), C(2x), B(2x), C(1x), D(1x), break,
echauffement.