Kpanlogo is a rhythm played by the Ga people of Gana created around the 1960’s to accompany a form of music called High Life. There is a great deal of variance to the instruments and patterns. This rhythm is used for any celebration.
Here is an MP3 recording made by Ken Walker of Kpanlogo. It contains most of the parts below including the solo figure and a bit of singing.
| Djembe Parts | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kpanlogo (High) | O | o | O | o | B | C | c | O | O | o | B | C | c | |||
| Kpanlogo (Low) | O | o | C | C | c | O | b | O | o | |||||||
| Atumpan (Low) | O | o | c | C | c | C | O | o | C | c | C | |||||
| Atumpan (High) | C | c | O | o | C | c | O | o | ||||||||
| Dundun Part | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + |
| Sangban | O | O | ||||||||||||||
| DunDun | O | O | O | |||||||||||||
| Kpanlogo – All Parts Together |
The following solo figure is from Bill Matthew’s book “Drum Stories: 50 Solos and Phrases” which can be purchased at Bill’s web site.
| Solo | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | S | s | S | s | S | s | O | o | B | b | ||||||
| B | S | s | S | s | S | s | O | o | O | B | b | |||||
| B | S | s | S | s | S | s | O | o | ||||||||
| O | o | $ | B | B | o | O | ||||||||||
| O | o | B | b | B | b | O | o | B | ||||||||
| O | o | $ | B | B | o | O | ||||||||||
| O | o | B | b | B | b | O | o | B | ||||||||
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| O | o | B | b | B | b | O | o | B | ||||||||
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