Congolese Djesse Muloumbo
Lesson Notes

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Djesse Muloumbo is a rhythm and dance from Congo in Central Africa. I learned this rhythm from Ta Titos Sompa and performed it with him and played it many times in dance class with the late Malonga Casquelourd and other master artists from Central Africa.

According to my teachers, Djesse Muloumbo is probably the name of a famous dancer/choreographer who became renown for his spectacular movement to this rhythm.

Web note One:

This combination of offbeats and clave is central to the feeling of innumerable African, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms. It is an excellent study for breaking ground into learning the subtleties of these great traditions.

I recommend that you try it as a two hand, or hand and foot coordination discipline, after you learn how to speak it effortlessly.



I'll recap where the clave strokes go in relation to the GO DO PA TA syllables:

The first one is in the space after the first "GO DO", right on beat one of the four pulse.

The second fall on the first "TA"

The third falls on the next "GO"

The fourth stroke of the clave falls on the second "PA"

The last stroke lands in the space after the last "PA TA", right on beat four.

All materials copyright 1998 PulseWave Percussion and Kim Atkinson.