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Others names / writings : Dianamo - Denykemba |
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Way of playing and specific tuning : Sawta or Hardino
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This song - that you could easily translate as the famous Count Basie's tune «Lil Darling» - is not, properly talking, a
« traditional folksong » or epic song ; but it was rather a popular folksong "in the mood" in Guinea near the 1960 's ; the success of this hit was so great in West Africa since it was composed that it turned
on a "classic song" of Manding music.
Now, the songs is an entire part of the jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a
bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he want and hear it... Read more.
repertoire as well as Salimun - that tune is
very close of « Cheri ».
This song, like "Tita", talks about love, but on a soft way : indeed, love in «Cheri», even if it is often opposed, is
never very explicit ; very often, love in this song begins in a strong friendship and changes time after time into a deeper affection but that confused feeling is not so much pathetic.
There are many variations on this song and, according to areas, titles are as various as « Diamono » - Diamono (great
affection without having bond of intense love) or « Kanou » (loving friendship).
Famous performers of « Cheri » :
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