Lolo is a rhythm that was created by Famoudou Konaté. He has learned students different Sangban-patterns at different occasions. It was after that he heard the song Lolo sung by his son that he made the rhythm. The song about Lolo, the Star is of mother Hawa that is consulting the fortune-teller. He sais that she's got a good star and that she will live long, that she will be wealthy and have many children.

N'na ghawa Lolo ye san ma, horo ya le bö nin i nye

(Mother Hawa, the Star is in the sky, and the day of freedom has come)

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Repeat line 1 once

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The Djembe's can join by playing closed slaps where the dun's play wood.

Kenkeni

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Sangban A

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Sangban B

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Dun Dun

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Djembé 1

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Djembé 2

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Djembé 3

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Solo 1 Use these elements for a solo; repeat lines a few times

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		.	S	T	T	S	S	.	S	T	T	S	S	.	.	.	.
		.	l	2	r	l	r	.	l	2	r	l	r	.	.	.	.

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Thanks for taking notice of this interpretation of this rhythm but please consult some real authoroty's (like Famoudou Konaté and Mamady Keïta) or genuine TEACHERS for further study. Check also the other SITES WITH RHYTHM-NOTATIONS on West African Percussion on the Internet. And share your knowledge and ideas to these WAP-pages and to others.