Kirina Dreams for solo djembe with ksink-ksink
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Djembe Solo with ksink-ksink (fan-shaped rattles attached to the djembe) based on the traditional Malian rhythm "Madan." The rattles vibrate in sympathetic resonance with the drum and are also played directly with the hands. Easy, laid-back grooves.

Kirina Dreams
Intermediate
B. Michael Williams
Self published
Inspired by the battle of Kirina in 1235 (which gave rise to the great Mali empire), composer B. Michael Williams commemorates the event with his solo djembe piece Kirina Dreams. Written for djembe with ksink-ksink (attached jingle plates), the piece opens with a brief cadenza before establishing a syncopated sixteenth-note groove. The piece slowly evolves and becomes more rhythmically dense and syncopated, making ever increasing use of the ksink-ksink until the coda. At its core, the piece is a syncopated groove tune. High school or college players with good hand drum technique would be able to give this piece a solid performance, as the bulk of the work contains sixteenth-notes with occasional sixteenth-note triplets and thirty-second notes.
Reviewed by: Terry O’Mahoney, Percussive Notes
Review originally published: June 2009