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MridangamVisit my Blog about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Arjun and Varun play an Indian drum.  |
ARJUN: You want us to show you mridangam? BUSTER: Uh, okay. I don't know what that is, but I guess I'll find out. ARJUN: One thing about the mridangam that's not in much Western music is something called the konnakal and the talam. BUSTER: The kunda… what? ARJUN: Konnakal and talam. And the talam is basically the beat of the music. The konnakal is how you would say it. Like an example would be: thut thom kitathaka, thaka thari kitataka. BUSTER: Huh? What did you just say? ARJUN: It's thut thom kitathaka, thaka thari kitataka. And when I play it, it sounds like this… BUSTER: That was amazing! You guys are really good at those drums! Do you practice a lot? VARUN: An hour. ARJUN: An hour a day. About seven hours a week. BUSTER: That is a lot. You've probably practiced the mridangam more in one month than I've practiced tuba for my whole life! |
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