Lengjen (Lingjin) comes from Senegal, some specify this to the Casamance region. The notation information I have from Larry Morris' rhythm catalogue and some email discussion on the Djembe-L mailinglist. Thanks also to Peter Watson, from Nova Scotia, Canada on helping me finish the information. I compared this to a life recording of "Lingjin" that I once obtained (download here or here 4,7 mb). This recording shows a slow part with song and a quick part, obvious with dance.

WAP-pages / Paul Nas / Last changed at 13-06-2004

Oul bi té lé kon da kon bi té lé, wi son to kon té tele ya kon ti djenna
Oul bi té lé kon da kon bi té lé, ou jon jen songba kon té tele ya kon bi té le
Oul bi té lé kon da kon bi té lé, y son to koun yo ya kon ti djenna
Oul bi té lé kon da kon bi té lé, y ta té korro torro ya kon ti djenna
Oul bi té lé ou kabi kon bi té lé, y ta té ka ma ya kon ti djenna

(The underlined text adjusts to the beat on 1)

Combination

		1	.	.	2	.	.	3	.	.	4	.	.	1	.	.	2	.	.	3	.	.	4	.	.
K		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	O	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	O	.	.
S		O	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	O	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

Djembe

T

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S

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T

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S

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r

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l

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r

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l

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Djembe changes to:

T

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T

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T

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T

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T

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T

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T

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T

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r

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r

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r

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r

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r

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r

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r

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r

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and later:

S

.

S

B

T

T

S

.

S

B

T

T

S

.

S

B

T

T

S

.

S

B

T

T

r

.

r

l

r

l

r

.

r

l

r

l

r

.

r

l

r

l

r

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r

l

r

l

Djembe 2

S

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T

T

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.

S

.

T

T

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.

S

.

T

T

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S

.

T

T

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r

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r

l

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r

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r

l

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r

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r

l

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r

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r

l

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Call (all stop at the grey slap, to pick up in the second part of the call)

		S	.	S	.	S	.	s	.	.	T	.	.	S	.	.	.	.	t	t	t	t	t	.	.
		r	.	r	.	r	.	r	.	.	f	.	.	f	.	.	.	.	l	2	r	l	r	.	.

Fast part:
Combination (all bells are my own suggestion)

K

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O

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O

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O

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O

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S

O

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O

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O

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O

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x

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x

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x

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x

x

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x

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x

x

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x

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x

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x

x

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x

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x

Two dundun players:

Kenkeni

.

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O

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O

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.

O

.

O

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x

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x

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x

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x

x

.

x

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x

x

.

x

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x

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x

x

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x

.

x

Sangban

O

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O

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o

o

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o

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.

o

O

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O

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.

o

o

.

o

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o

x

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x

x

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x

x

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x

x

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x

x

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x

x

.

x

x

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x

x

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x

Sangban alternative

O

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O

.

.

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O

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O

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.

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O

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O

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.

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O

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O

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x

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x

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x

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x

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x

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x

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.

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x

.

x

Djembe 1

T

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S

S

.

T

T

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S

S

.

T

r

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r

l

.

l

r

.

r

l

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l

Djembe 2

B

.

B

S

T

T

B

.

B

S

T

T

r

.

r

l

r

l

r

.

r

l

r

l

Djembe 2a

B

.

B

.

T

S

B

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B

.

T

S

r

.

r

.

r

l

r

.

r

.

r

l

Djembe 2b

S

.

B

S

T

T

S

.

B

S

T

T

r

.

r

l

r

l

r

.

r

l

r

l

Djembe 3

T

T

.

T

T

.

T

T

.

T

T

.

l

r

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r

l

.

l

r

.

r

l

Djembe 4

S

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T

T

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S

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T

T

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r

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r

l

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r

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r

l

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Call (for dancers)

T

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T

T

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T

T

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T

T

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S

f

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r

l

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l

r

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r

l

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.

f

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