Intermediate Summer 2025 Session: Jambalaya

This section we'll focus on Naname basics and Jambalaya, a piece composed by the venerable Joel Graycar of Jiten Daiko.

Jambalaya

Week 7

References

Week 6

Week 5

Week 4

Week 3

Week 2

Week 1

Resources

Reference Video. Note that BBT's version will be simpler (and slower!)

Jambalaya Structure

Intro Slow

Intro Fast

Chorus + quiet

Solo

Solo Outro

Chorus

Ending

Chorus

Don ko Don ko Don Kon don Kon

Don Kon Dokon ko dokodokon kodoko

Dokodokon - "Up" dokodokon

ka kon do ka ka ka don kon ka

karaka ka ka don ka don

-karadoko -karadokodoko -karadokodokoDon Kon

(Don Don ko)x4 Don Kon Don Kon

(Don Don ko)x4 Dokara ko Don

quiet

(Set)

tsu kodoko (don doko)x3

tsu kodoko don doko tsu Te tsu Te Ke

tsu kodoko (don doko)x3

tsu kodoko DON

"Cue" Don Kon Don Kon (All together)

Solo

Everyone except the first soloist does the "Call" after solo. First soloist does it before and after the solo.

Soloist 1 Call: (Dokon)x4 Don Kon

Everyone else does "Ka" on beginning of second call

Soloist 1 solos over Backbeat done by everyone:

Don Ka . Ka . Ka . Ka kon

Don Ka . Ka Don Kon Don Kon Dokonko

Don Ka . Ka .Ka . Ka kon

(soloist) Call: (Dokon)x4 Don Kon

(everyone including soloist): (Dokon)x4 Don Kon

(Next soloist)

*** Last soloist Response is (Dokon)x5

Solo Outro

(Don doko) x 4 Kara waterfall

(Don doko) x 4 (Don Don ko)x2 Don Kon

(Don doko) x 4 (kara) x 4 (gara) x 4 Don

"Pause"

(Set) (doko) x 4 (teke) x 4

Everyone raises arms during (teke) x 4 straight into Chorus

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