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Understanding Lesson Titles
Notation (11:27)
Tunings and Capo (3:48)
A Detailed Look at Lalayche Tablature
Ali Accompaniments/Riffs (Short and Simple)
Debe Riff EADgbe Capo V
Gomni 5 EADgbe CI (4:45)
Cherie Riff (2:04)
'56: The Basics (34:32)
Lalayche Main Riff xGDgbe CII. (4:09)
Goydiotadam by ear xGDgbe CIII (15:29)
Introduction to '56/Cinquante Six
'56: Intro Score (9:23)
Intro to 56 Full Score (28 May 2021) xGDgbe CIII (18:30)
Cinquante Six basic rhythms and variations by ear (6 July 2021) xGDgbe CIII 12min (12:17)
Debe
Debe Full Score of Ali's Part
Debe Full Ali Part (13 March 2022) EADgbe CV (19:58)
Goydiotodam
Goydiotodam score
How to match the tuning in these videos (5:17)
Transcribing Goydiotodam K1 (7 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (21:38)
Transcribing Goydiotodam K2 (8 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (11:20)
Transcribing Goydiotodam Solo 1 (7 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (16:05)
Transcribing Goydiotodam S2 first half (8 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (9:18)
Transcribing Goydiotodam S2 second half (8 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (10:59)
Transcribing Goydiotodam S2 ending (8 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (8:00)
Improvising with Goydiotodam (27:41)
Goydiotodam Putting K1,K2 and S1, S2 together (31:09)
Goydiotodam S1 Practice Session (10 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (14:32)
Goydiotodam S2 Putting it together (10 August 2021) xGDgbe CII (12:05)
Goydiotodam Working on the solo language (10 August 2021) xGDgbe CII. (15:37)
Goydiotodam (8 Feb 2022) EGDgbe (20:27)
Goytiotodam (9 May 2023) (15:23)
Goydiotodam One Riff One Life (9 May 2023) (1:17)
Goydiotodam Full first page (29 May 2023) (22:31)
Lalayche
Lalayche experiments in nylon string version (10:51)
Lalayche Main Riff xGDgbe CII (4:09)
Ruby Worksheet
Ruby Worksheet: Start Here (1:01)
Ali Riff 5-6 (31 May 2021) EADgbe CII (5:47)
Toumani Theme Ruby Worksheet 9-12 (31 May 2021) EADgbe CII (6:48)
Ruby Simple Score
Simple Score PDF
Ruby Simple Score Intro (6 August) 2021 (6:19)
Ruby Simple Score 5-8 (6 August 2021) EADgbe CII (7:55)
Ruby Simple Score 9-12 (6 August 2021) EADgbe CII (9:40)
Ruby Simple 13-15 (6 August 2021) EADgbe CIII (3:38)
Ruby Simple Score in full (15 March 2022) EADgbe CII. (19:58)
RUBY Full score (advanced)
Ruby - Full Score
Cherie/Bakoye
How to tune for Cherie (1:39)
Cherie 1st Line (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CII (3:10)
Cherie 2nd Line (Load shedding Session 1 June 2021) xGDgbe CII)
Cherie 2nd Line by ear(Load Shedding Session 1 June 2021) xGDgbe C II (18:46)
Cherie 3rd Line (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CII (21:50)
Cherie Blackboard Session (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CII (6:14)
Cherie Blackboard Session 2 (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CII (19:29)
FULL SCORE
Reference Recordings
GOMNI
Gomni (8 September 2021) EADgbe CI (11:52)
Gomni (8 September 2021) EADgbe CI (2) (10:48)
Gomni (i May 2023) (23:25)
Gomni solo (2 May 2023) (17:44)
Gomni rough score
Gomni (3 May 2023) 3 (13:20)
Gomni (3 May 2023) (6:16)
Gomni by ear (8 May 2023) (20:05)
DIARABY - Ali's Jarabi
Ali's Diaraby Intro (18 Jan 2022) DADf#be CIII (10:20)
Ali's Diaraby - building a melody (17 Jan 2022) DADf#be CIII (10:01)
Diaraby into (8 Feb 2023) (16:29)
Cinquante Six - Bar by Bar Lesson Videos
Cinquante Six - PDF of Full Score
Cinquante Six first line "questioning" (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CIII (11:57)
Cinquante Six K4 (28 May 2021) xGDgbe CIII (6:15)
Cinquante Six T5 (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CIII (12:33)
Cinquante Six K5 (2 June 2021) xGDgbe CIII (4:58)
Cinquante Six T7 (7 June 2021) xGDgbe CII (28:26)
Cinquante Six T9 (6 July 2021) xGDgbe CIII 36 min (36:24)
Cinquante Six T10 (9 June 2021) xGDgbe CIII 8min (8:05)
Cinquante Six K11 (5 July 2021) xGDgbe CIII 5 min (5:50)
Cinquante Six T11 (third line) and K11 (6 July 2021) xGDgbe CIII 18 min (18:45)
Cinquante Six T12 and K12 (5 July 2021) xGDgbe CIII 8 min (7:59)
Delving into page 4 with Ali Recording (53:13)
Cinquante Six 1-70 Play through and practice (26 April 2022) xGDgbe CIII (25:13)
Cinquante Six T6 (26 April 2022) xGDgbe CIII (17:46)
Cinquante Six 84-96 (2 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (31:21)
Cinquante Six 112-120 (4 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (20:33)
Cinquante Six 121-127 (4 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (13:36)
CInquante Six 128-143 (6 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (17:39)
Cinquante Six 144-148 (9 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (26:03)
Cinquante Six 149-158 (10 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (25:46)
Cinquante Six T11 by Ear (10 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII. (32:23)
Cinquante Six 159-166 (31 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (14:31)
CInquante Six K11 (1 June 2022) xGDgbe CIII (12:23)
Cinquante Six T12 (13 June 2022) xGDgbe CIII (18:43)
Cinquante Six K12 (14 June 2022) xGDgbe CIII (10:11)
Cinquante Six (18 August 2022) (22:41)
Sa Golo
Sa Golo Intro (0:55)
Sa Golo 24 Feb 2022 (15:07)
Sa Golo Score
The River Tune by Bassekou Kouyate
Intro
The River Song 27 Feb 2022 DADf#be CVI (3:14)
The River Song Phrase 1 and 2 (28 Feb 2022) DADf#be CVI (20:04)
The River Song 4 and 5 (28 Feb 2022) DADf#be CVI (35:14)
The RIver Song 6 (2 March 2022) DADf#be CVI (19:49)
The RIver Song 3 (3 March 2022) DADf#be CVI (29:48)
The RIver Song 7 (10 March 2022) DADf#be CVI (31:11)
The River Song 8 and 9 (10 March 2022) DADf#be CVI (32:30)
The River Song 1,2 and 3 (11 March 2022) DADf#be CVI (16:51)
The River Song 4,5,6 (11 March 2022) DADf#be CVI (21:58)
The River Song by Ear SIMPLE! (13 May 2022) DADf#be CIII (5:31)
Warbe
Warbe Handwritten Page 1 (17 April 2022) CGDgbe CIV (38:33)
Warbe Handwritten (20 April 2022) CGDgbe CIV (35:14)
Warbe starting the Sibelius score (25 April 2022) EGDgbe CIV (14:25)
Warbe first solo (26 April 2022) EGDgbe CIV (12:34)
Warbe Accompaniment (2 May 2022) xGDgbe CIV (7:32)
Warbe Accompaniment (3 May 2022) xGDgbe CIV (14:16)
Warbe Accompaniment (3 May 2022) xGDgbe CIV 2 (12:56)
Warbe Accompaniment (3 May 2022) xGDgbe CIV 3 (13:07)
Warbe Solo (9 Mat 2022) xGDgbe CIII. (21:31)
Warbe solo (10 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (10:17)
Warbe Improvising (11 May 2022) xGDgbe CIV (18:07)
Warbe Score
KARAW
Karaw Intro (0:44)
Karaw - learning the 2 against 3 (12 May 2022) xGDgbe CIV. (22:17)
Karaw (31 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII (37:44)
Karaw (31 May 2022) xGDgbe CIII. (21:47)
Karaw in Ali's timing (1 June 2022) xGDgbe CIII (27:27)
A Visit to Ali (tunes from the documentary)
The track
A Visit to Ali - transcribing (1 June 2022) EADgbe CI (41:14)
A Visit to Ali (2 June 2022) EADgbe CI (21:02)
Goye Kur
Goye Kur (3 June 2022) xGDgbe CIII (35:31)
Goye Kur Intro and Riff (3 June 2022) xGDgbe CIII (19:52)
Original Course Videos (Advanced)
Lalayche (Overview of Full Score in steel string tuning) (24:55)
Hani (Overview of Full Score) (36:56)
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The River Song 27 Feb 2022 DADf#be CVI
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