Song Text Taka a Ny nu koe la a ui Song Book.pdf · African Percussion Ensemble Dance-Drumming of Taka∂a (Anlo-Ewe people of southeastern Ghana, West Africa) University Of California

African Percussion Ensemble Dance-Drumming of Taka∂a(Anlo-Ewe people of southeastern Ghana, West Africa)

University Of California At BerkeleyMusic Department

African Music EnsembleMusic 148

CK Ladzekpo, Instructor

Lead: Taka∂a he, Taka∂a nyOnu koe la a˙ui

Taka∂a he, Taka∂a nyOnu koe la a˙ui

Cecilia ye do √u la

Ya me tsi tete ne ha a˙ui o

Group: Mi∂o Nu

Taka∂a wo dOmedzuia

Mi∂o Nu

Taka∂a wo dOmedzuia

Mi∂o Nu

Taka∂a wo dOmedzui

Taka∂a he, Taka∂a nyOnu koe la a˙ui

Lead: Taka∂a will be performed (led) by a woman

Taka∂a will be performed (led) by a woman

Cecilia was a founder of this dance-drumming

She didn’t live long to enjoy it

Group: Beware

Taka∂a’s wrath

Beware

Taka∂a’s wrath

Beware

Taka∂a’s wrath

Taka∂a will be performed (led) by a woman

Taka∂a NyOnu koe la a˙ui

Language Notes

nyOnu = woman

koe = only, alone

a˙ui = perform it, play it, lead it

do = found, compose, choreograph

√u = music, dance, dance-drumming

a˙ui = perform it, play it, lead it, beat it

∂oNu = beware

dOmedzui = anger, wrath

© CK Ladzekpo 1996 All Rights Reserved

Taka∂a is a woman thing

Cecilia was a founder of this music

She died young

Beware the wrath of Taka∂a

Beware the wrath of woman

Free Translation

Song Text

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Song

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Œ . Œ . Œ . ‰ œ œTa ka

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.œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œdae Ta ka da ha nyo nu koe la

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.˙ .œ ‰ œ œfuie Ta ka

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Song

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Jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œfui. Ce ci lia ye do vu la ya me

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Jœ œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ œ œtsi te te ha a fuio Mi do

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Song

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Jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œnu Ta ka da wo do medzuia mi do

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Jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œnu; Ta ka da wo do me dzuia mi do

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Jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œnu; Ta ka da wo do me dzuia Ta ka

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.˙ Ó .fuie

Takada Dance-Drumming(Anlo-Ewe People of Ghana, West Africa)

Transcribed ByCK Ladzekpo

Copyrights 1996 CK Ladzekpo

Takada Nyonu Koe La fui

Lead

Group

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Gankogui

Axatse

Kagan

Kidi

Sogo

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ Jœ ‰ œ ‰ œTIN GO GO GO GO GO GO

œ ‰ œ ‰ Jœ ‰ .œ .œ .œ .œTSA TSA TSA TSA TSA TSA TSA

‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ‰ œ œ œ‰ œ œ œKA GAN KA GAN KA GAN KA GAN

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œKUKIDIKI DI KIDIKI, KUKIDIKI DIKIDIKI,

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDEGE DEGEKUDEGEKU DEGEDEKU DEGEDEKU

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ Jœ ‰ œ ‰ œTIN GO GO GO GO GO GO

œ ‰ œ ‰ Jœ ‰ .œ .œ .œ .œTSA TSA TSA TSA TSA TSA TSA

‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ‰ œ œ œ‰ œ œ œKA GAN KA GAN KA GAN KA GAN

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œKUKIDIKI DIKIDIKI, KUKIDIKI DIKIDIKI,

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDEGE DEGEKUDEGEKU DEGEDEKU DEGEDEKU

Takada Dance-Drumming(Anlo-Ewe of Ghana, West Africa) Transcribed By

CK Ladzekpo

Copyright: CK Ladzekpo 1996

Takada Support InstrumentsBasic Parts

Atsimevu Tonality and Performance Techniques

Pitch: "Ga" A stroke with the full hand of the weak hand, which rebounds after striking the center of the drumhead.

Pitch: "Gi" A stroke with the full fingers of the weak hand, which rebounds after striking the periphery of the drumhead.

Pitch "Ki" An alternate technique of the weak hand full fingers releases a partial vibration of the membrane by pressing the fingers firmly on the drumhead to prevent them from bouncing after the stroke is delivered.

Pitch: "De", "Te", and "Ge" The basic stick technique produces a middle range pitch referred to in vocal syllables as "De, "Te" and "Ge". This is achieved by delivering a shot, which rebounds after striking the exact center of the drumhead, allowing the membrane to vibrate in its entirety. The syllables "De" and "Te" are normally assigned to strokes delivered by the strong hand and "Ge" is assigned to strokes produced by the weak hand. (The vocal syllables De and Te are used interchangeably).

Pitch: "Tsi" An alternate stick-shot, approximately half the intensity of the stroke producing the pitch "De", allows only a partial vibration of the membrane by pressing the stick firmly on the drum head, at the center, as the shot is delivered. This technique produces a high range pitch known in vocal syllable as "Tsi".

Pitch: "To" Delivering a stick-shot with the strong hand which rebounds after striking the center of the drumhead while damping the membrane by pressing it firmly at the periphery with the fingers of the weak hand produces a high range pitch known in vocal syllable as "To".

Pitch "Ka" The final stick drumming technique does not utilize the drumhead as the source of resonating the vibration. It strikes the expanded middle section of the cylindrical body known in the Ewe language (vegbe) as vukogo to produce an intense clap-like sound of high pitch described in vocal syllable as "Ka". In the performance of this technique, the impact of the pitch is normally reinforced by preventing the stick from bouncing as the stroke is delivered by pressing it firmly against the cylindrical body.

Pitch "Dza" The pitch "Ga" played simultaneously with the pitch "Ka" produces a denser low pitch variant spoken in vocal syllable as "Dza".

Pitch "Dzi" Accentuating the high pitch "Ki" with the pitch "Ka" produces a denser high pitch variant known in vocal syllable as "Dzi".

http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/Atsimevu.html

copyright 1992 CK Ladzekpo

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Atsimevu

Œ . Œ . Œ . Œ .

Œ . Œ . .Ñ .Ñ Ñ JœKA KA KA DZI

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œTIN GO GO GO GO GO GO

.œ Jœ œ œ œ œ œ JœDZA, DZI DZA, DZI DZA, DZI

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Gan.

Atsi.

3 œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œTIN GO GO GO GO GO GO

.œ .œ œ œ œ œ œ œ JœDZA DZI DZA GA DE KI DZA DZI


.œ .œ œ œ œ œ œ œ JœDZA DZI DZA GA DE KI DZA DZI

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.œ .œ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œDZA DZI DZA GA DE KI GA TO TE KI


œ ≈ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ JœTE TE GE TE KI GA DE KI DZA DZI

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Gan.

Atsi.

7 .œ Œ . Œ . Œ .TIN

.œ Œ . Œ . Œ .DZA.

Takada Dance-Drumming(Anlo-Ewe People of Ghana, West Africa) Transcribed By

CK Ladzekpo

Copyright CK Ladzekpo 1996

Climatic Passage/Concluding PassageWoa Dze

Note:x = striking the dry side of the drum called kogo

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Atsimevu

Œ . Œ . Œ . Œ .

Ñ JÑ œ œ œ .œ œ œ .œ œ œKA KA GA DE GI TO DE GI TO DE GI


œ ‰ Ñ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œTO, KA DE GI DE GA DE GI DE GA DE

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Atsi.


œ ‰ Ñ œ œ œ .œ œ œ .œ œ œGA; KA GA DE GI TO DE GI TO DE GI


œ ‰ Ñ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œTO, KA DE GI DE GA DE GI DE GA DE

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Gan.

Atsi.


œ ‰ Ñ œ œ œ .œ œ œ .œ œ œGA; KA GA DE GI TO DE GI TO DE GI


œ ‰ Ñ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œTO, KA DE GI DE GA DE GI DE GA DZI

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.œ Jœ œ œ œ œ œ JœDZA, DZI DZA, DZI DZA, DZI


.œ .œ œ œ œ œ œ œ JœDZA; DZI DZA GA DE KI DZA DZI


CK Ladzekpo


Climatic Passage 2/Concluding PassageTso Ne Ga

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.œ .œ œ œ œ œ œ œ JœDZA; DZI DZA GA DE KI DZA DZI


.œ .œ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œDZA; DZI DZA GA DE KI GA TO TE KI

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œ ≈ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ JœTE TE GE TE KI GA DE KI DZA DZI

.œ Œ . Œ . Œ .TIN

.œ Œ . Œ . Œ .DZA.

2 Takada Dance-Drumming


Note:x = striking the dry side of the drum called kogo.

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Atsimevu


œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE


‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œDE GE DE GE, DE GE DE GE, DE GE DE GE,

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Atsi.


‰ œ .œ œ .œ œ œ œ œ .œ œ .œ ‰DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE


.œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰TO TE GE DE TO TE GE DE

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.œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ œ œ .œ œ œTO TE GE DE TO TE GE DE DE GE


.œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œDE DE GE DE, DE GE DE DE DE GE,

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Œ jœ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDE GE DE DE GE DE GE, DE GE DE GE,


œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ .œDE DE GE DE GE DZA DZA


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Climatic Main Section Opening

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œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ .œDZA DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA



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œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ œ œ œDZA DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA DE GE


‰ œ œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ œ œ œDE GE DE DE GE GE, DZA DZA DE GE

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‰ œ œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ œ œ œDE GE DE GE DE DE, DZA DZA DE GE

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œTIN GO GOGO GO GO GO

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œDEGEDEGEDEGE, DEGE DEGEDEGEDEGE, DEGE

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Atsi.


‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ .œDE GE DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA





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œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ .œ œ œ œDZA DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA DE GE

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‰ œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ œ œ œTO DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA DE GE


‰ œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ œ œ œTO DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA DE GE

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21 œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œTIN GO GOGO GO GO GO

‰ œ œ œ œ .œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ .œ œ œTODEGEDEGE,DEGE TODEGEDEGE,DEGE


‰ œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ .œTO DE GE DE GE, DZA DZA

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œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œDZA DE GE DE GE DE GE DE, DE GE DE,


Œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œDE GE DE GE DE GE DE, DE GE DE,

Takada Dance-Drumming 3


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Œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE


œ ‰ œ œ œ .œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE DE GE

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œ ‰ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ .œDE DE GE DE GE DZA DZA


œ œ œ œ .œ ‰ .œ .œDZA DE GE DE GE DZA DZA

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œ jœ jœ œ œ jœ jœ œDZA DE DE DE DE DE

Transitional Passage



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Atsimevu

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œTIN GO GO GO GO GO GO

œ jœ jœ œ œ jœ jœ œDE DE DE DE DE DE


œ œ œ œ œ ‰ .œ ¿ ‰ ¿GA GA DE GI DE TO, KA KA

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3 œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œTIN GO GO GO GO GO GO



œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œGA GA DE GI DE TO DE GE DE DE GE DE

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œ œ œ œ œ ‰ .œ œ œ .œ .œGA GA DE GI DE TO DE GE DE TO



Takada Dance-DrummingAnlo-Ewe people of Ghana, West Africa

Transcribed byCK Ladzekpo

Copyright 1996 CK Ladzekpo

Transitional Passage Episode Begins

Note:

(1) x = striking the dry side of the drum.

(2) Repeat 3x from the beginning of Episode.

Episode 1 (GaGaDeGiDe To)

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Atsimevu


¿ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œKA DE GE D DE GE DE TO, DE GE DE DE GE DE


œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œTO, DE GE DE DE GE DE TO, DE GE DE DE GE DE

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œ ‰ œ .œ œ œ .œ .œ .¿ ¿ ¿TO, GA GA GI DE DZA DZA, KA KA KA


¿ ¿ œ .œ œ œ .œ .œ .¿ ¿ ¿KA KA, GA GA GI DE GA GA KA KA KA

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¿ ¿ œ .œ œ œ .œ .œ œ œ œKA KA GA GA GI DE GA GA DE KI DE


œ ‰ œ .œ œ œ .œ .œ .¿ .¿KE GA GA GI DE GA GA KA KA

Takada Dance-DrummingAnlo-Ewe people of Ghana, West Africa Transcribed by

CK Ladzekpo


(A Section)

Note:


(2) The Form is A + B + B + B repeated 3X

Episode 2 (DeGeDe DeGeDe To)

B Section

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Atsimevu


œ jœ œ .œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œDE DE DE; GA DE DE GE DE KI TEN TEN


œ œ œ jœ œ .œ .œ .œ .œDZA DZA DZI DZI, DZA DZI DZA DZI

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œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œDZA DZA DZI DZI; DE GE TO DE GE TO TE




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Section A

Note:


(2) Form: A + B + B + B Repeat 2X C + B + B + B Repeat 2X

Episode 3 - GaDeDeGeKiTeTe Dza Dza Dzi Dzi

Section B

Section C Section B

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Atsimevu


œ jœ jœ œ œ jœ jœ œDE DE DE DE DE DE


.œ .œ .œ .œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œDE DE DEN TO GA GADEN TO GA

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¿ œ ‰ .œ .œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œKA GA; DEN TO GA GA DE TO GA


¿ œ ‰ .œ .œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ≈ œKA GA; DEN TO GA GA DE TO GA

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œ œ œ œ .œ .œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œDE DEGEDE DEN TO GA GA DE TO GA


¿ œ ‰ .œ .œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ≈ œKA GA; DEN TO GA GA DE TO GA


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Note:


(2) Form: Repeat cycle 2X

Episode 4 ( Den To GaGA)

*Episode starts

*Repeat starts

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Atsimevu


œ jœ jœ œ .œ .œ œ œ œDE DE DE GA GA DE GI TO


œ ‰ œ ‰ Jœ ‰ .œ .œ œ œ œTO TO TO; GA GA DE GI TO

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Atsi.




¿ œ œ œ œ œ .œ .œ œ œ œKA GA DE KI DI KI GA GA DE GI TO

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Note:



Episode 5 ( GaGaDeGiToTo)

*Episode starts

*Repeat starts

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Atsimevu


‰ ‰ ‰ .œ .œ œ œ œ œ ¿ œTO TO TE KI TE KI KA GA


œ œ œ ¿ œ ¿ œ .œ œ ‰ œ ¿GI DE KI KA GA KA GA TO TE KI KA

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Atsi.


.œ .œ .œ .œ œ œ œ œ ¿ œDZA DZA TO TO TE KI TE KI KA GA


CK Ladzekpo


Note:



Episode 6 (ToToTeKiTeKi)

*Episode starts

*Repeat starts

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Song Text Taka a Ny nu koe la a ui Song Book.pdf · African Percussion Ensemble Dance-Drumming of Taka∂a (Anlo-Ewe people of southeastern Ghana, West Africa) University Of California