title: Sofa
Played for the Malinke worriors on horseback.

Signal
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      F       O   O       O       O   O       S   S   S

Djembe 1
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      O   O   S   S           S       O   O       S   B       S

Djembe 2
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      S           S   S       O   O   S           S   S       O   O


# see pdf/sofa.pdf for dunun/bell parts


# had this but probably wrong
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#      O   O   S   S       S       O   O            S  B   S  
#


# From Mamady Keita's book:
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# In the Language of the Melinke, Sofa means "warrior." The rhythm was played for warriors on horseback.
# It was supposed to support the brave and strong men who went into combat, as well as praise them for
# their success and bravery when they came back.
#
# In the past, the rhythm was not played on the djembe, but on the bolon, a stringed instrument. 
# The bolon was played by the "griots of the warriors," or griots who new the history and had sung the praises of the wars and the warriors for generations.
#
# Famoudou Konate says that he has seen how the riders with their trained horses "danced" to the rhythm of Sofa.