the drums and the instruments that they use for the rhythm mandiani come from the djembe orchestra. the djembe orchestra encompasses maybe two or three djembes, usually one principal musician and the bass. this is the djun-djun, and this is the song na. you have the bottom here which would be considered the one, or the downbeat. that's more of the gravity part of the rhythm. this is the upside of the rhythm. and then you have the bell part which is playing, what i learned as an african six. and usually is: one, two, three, four, five, six. one, two, three, four, five, six. when you put all the parts together-- [rhythmic drum beats] it's always the principal musician who'll give the cue to start, to stop, and to change the rhythm. he is the conductor of the orchestra. all the cues come from the principal musician, and the person who is playing the improvisation. he plays what we call a break or ausical cue, and that will sound different depending on whatever style they're playing. we hear the cue-- it's an established rhythm-- and once we hear it, we know to start our step. you have