by Thomas Altmann » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:58 am
Hi Kent,
Congratulations for your juramento!
The oru seco sequence that is mostly played in Havana is Alaro - Taniboya - Omolode/Chikini. Alaro (by some people hispanicized as "el aro") is in itself divided in two sections: the Yakotá-type slow section and Alaro proper, with a few conversatons at the end. Taniboya starts where the okónkolo changes and the itótele enú is silent at first; then there are some more conversations. Omolode starts where it's getting slower in the end. Chikini is the second section of Omolode, named by the song going with it. (You can hear that on the CFN recording.) After Chikini, they often come back to a short and fast Alaro "coda".
The CFN recording has Yakotá, Sokutaniwó, Omolode/Chikini, Alaro, and the toque Dada played for Orichaoko in between, because these two orisha have a tratado together, also mythologically. They are not always combined, but it can be done.
Regards,
Thomas