DJEMBE-L FAQ Vol 5a Bell Patterns (last revision 08/16/00)

Welcome to Volume 5a of the
DJEMBE-L FAQ

Bell Patterns

Compiled from the list.
Maintained by jeffy@wolfenet.com (Jeff Youngstrom)

This page uses the Larry Morris notation method so as to be compatible with the Rhythm Catalog

Email me with errors or suggestions. Thanks. --jeffy

You can jump straight to the 6/8 Patterns if you want.

4/4 Bell Patterns

One Bar

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .

Son Clave (3-2)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .

Rumba Clave (3-2)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .

Son Clave (2-3)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .

Rumba Clave (2-3)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   .   .   X

Cuban (rumba) #1

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .

Brazil

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   .

Nigeria (juju)

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   X   X   .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .

Haiti (Ibo, Congo)

Posted bysmalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   X   .   X   X   .   X   .   X   .   X   .   X   .   X   .

Cuban (Yesa)

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    .   X   .   X   .   .   X   X   .   .   X   X   .   .   X   X

Cascara

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com   (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   H   H   .   H   .   H   H   .   H   .   H   H   .   L

Cascara alternate

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   X   X   X   .   X   X   X   .   X   X   X   .   X   X

Samba

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   H   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   .   H   L   .   L   .

Samba

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   .   .   .   L   L   .   H   .  >>
        H   .   L   L   L   H   .   H   .   .   .   L   L   .   H   .

Garden variety ago-go pattern for Samba in 2/3 arrangement

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   H   .   H   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   H   .   L   .

Extra cool Samba Batucada pattern in 3/2 #1

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   H   .   H   H   .   L   L   L   .   H   H   H   .   L   L

Extra cool Samba Batucada pattern in 3/2 #2

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   H   .   H   H   .   L   .   L   .   H   .   H   .   L   L

Samba do Morro pattern built around Partido Alto in 2/3

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   H   .   L   L   .   L   .   H   .   L   L   .   L   .

The very famous Partido Alto that one hears all the time

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   H   .   .   L   .   L   .   H   .   .   L   .   L   .

Another 2/3 Samba

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   L   .   L   L   .   H   H   H   .   L   L   .   H   .

Samba da Rua pattern in 2/3

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   L   .   H   H   .   L   .   L   .   L   .   H   H   .

miscellaneous 2/3 samba #1

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   L   .   .   H   .   H   .   L   .   L   L   .   H   .

miscellaneous 2/3 samba #2

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   H   .   L   .   .   H   .   H   .   L   .   H   .   L

miscellaneous 2/3 samba #3

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   H   .   H   H   .   H   .   H   .   H   H   .   L   .

miscellaneous 2/3 samba #4

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   .   H   H   .   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   .   .   L

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The extra-cool Samba de Roda pattern from Bahia

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   H   H   .   H   .   H   .   H   .   H   .   H   H   .

unnamed samba #1

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   H   .   L   L   .   H   H   H   .   L   L   L   .   H   H

unnamed samba #2

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   H   .   H   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   .   L   .   L   .

2-bar samba

Posted by Gongkoqui@aol.com (Gonky in Santa Cruz)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   L   L   L   .   H   H   .   L   .   L   L   .   H   H  >>
        H   H   .   L   L   .   H   H   .   L   .   L   L   .   H   H

Afoxe

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   H   .   H   .   H   L   .   H   .   H   .   H   .   L   .

Ijexa

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   H   .   L   .   L   .   H   H   .   L   .   L   L   .

Ijexa

Posted by Ramiro in Rio

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   H   .   L   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   .   L   .   L   .

Ijexa

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   .   H   H   H   .   L   L   .   H   .   L   .   L   L   .

Ijexa variation #1

Posted by Ramiro in Rio

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   H   .   L   .   L   L   .   H   .   H   .   L   .   L   L

Ijexa variation #2

Posted by Ramiro in Rio

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   H   .   L   .   .   L   .   .   .   H   .   L   .   .   L

Ijexa variation #3

Posted by Ramiro in Rio

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   H   .   H   .   H   H   .   H   .   L   L   L   .   L   L

Ijexa variation #4

Posted by Ramiro in Rio

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   .   H   L   L   .   L   L   .   H   L   L   L   L   .   L   L

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Mambo

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   L   .   H   H   L   .   H   H   L   .   H   .   L   .   H   H

Comparsa

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
AGOGO   H   .   H   .   L   L   .   .   H   H   .   .   L   .   H   L

Gahu

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .

Haitian

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com   (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   X   .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Ghana

Posted by YVES.GOULNIK@roche.com (Yves Goulnik)

4/4     |:  .   *   .   *   .   *   .   |   .   *   .   *   .   *   .  :|
BELL    X   .   X   .   X   .   X   .   X   .   .   X   .   X   .   .

12/8 (6/8) Bell Patterns

6/8 Short Bell

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   X   .   X   X   .   X   .   X   .   X

6/8 Long Bell

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   X   .   X   .   X   X   .   X   .   X

Abakua

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   .   X   .   X   .   X   .   .   .  >>
        X   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .

Haiti

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .  >>
        X   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .

Ghana

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .  >>
        .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   .   .

Cuban (bakoso)

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   X   .  >>
        .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .

Cuban (rumba)

Posted by smalltime_2000@yahoo.com   (Barky)

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   .   .   X   .  >>
        .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   .   .

Cuban (palo)

Posted by  smalltime_2000@yahoo.com (Barky)

12/8    |:  .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .   *   .   .  :|
BELL    .   .   X   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   X   .  >>
        .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .   .   .   X   .

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