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Your online resource for online Mridangam and Konnakol lessons that includes on-demand web camera lessons, fingering charts, forums, video lessons, live teacher responses to student questions and more.
Learn the art of Mridangam & Konnakol
Learn the art of Mridangam & Konnakol
Instruction Methods
We offer audio and video lessons with easy to follow lesson sets with notations. Lessons can be availed in the following ways:
Online - Where an instructor is available online to guide you through the lesson sets.
Offline - Where pre-recorded material is sent to you and great detail provided such that you can learn at your leisure. You can contact us for clarifications. An appointment can be set with the instructor for feedback and general comments.
On-site - If there are sufficient students in your area. We can arrange for an instructor to conduct a weekend workshop on a periodic basis. This method will be combined with any of the above instruction methods.
Online - Where an instructor is available online to guide you through the lesson sets.
Offline - Where pre-recorded material is sent to you and great detail provided such that you can learn at your leisure. You can contact us for clarifications. An appointment can be set with the instructor for feedback and general comments.
On-site - If there are sufficient students in your area. We can arrange for an instructor to conduct a weekend workshop on a periodic basis. This method will be combined with any of the above instruction methods.
About the Mridangam
Mridangam is a percussion instrument mainly performed in South India. The mridangam is a percussion instrument from South India. The word "mridangam" is derived from the two Sanskrit words "Mrid" (clay or earth) and "Ang," (body). Early mridangams were indeed made of hardened clay. Over the years, the mridangam evolved to be made of different kinds of wood due to its increased durability.
Listen to the Mridangam
The mridangam is a double-sided drum whose body is usually made using a hollowed piece of wood about an inch thick. The two mouths or apertures of the drum are covered with leather and laced to each other with leather straps around the circumference of drum. These straps are put into a state of high tension to stretch out the circular membranes on either side of the hull, allowing them to resonate when struck. These two membranes are dissimilar in width to allow for the production of both bass and treble sounds from the same drum.
Listen to the Mridangam
The mridangam is a double-sided drum whose body is usually made using a hollowed piece of wood about an inch thick. The two mouths or apertures of the drum are covered with leather and laced to each other with leather straps around the circumference of drum. These straps are put into a state of high tension to stretch out the circular membranes on either side of the hull, allowing them to resonate when struck. These two membranes are dissimilar in width to allow for the production of both bass and treble sounds from the same drum.
About the instructors
The lead instructor and creator of this course has over 15 years of teaching students and performs with top notch musicians world over. The team also consists of well trained junior instructors whose fingering techniques and lessons have their bedrocks in the Palghat Mani Iyer school of mridangam playing.
Need more information?
Please use the feedback form and provide your name, phone number and location. We will soon get in touch with you. Upon registration, we will provide a portal for you to access lessons, videos and other features tailored to your needs
Need more information?
Please use the feedback form and provide your name, phone number and location. We will soon get in touch with you. Upon registration, we will provide a portal for you to access lessons, videos and other features tailored to your needs
About Konnakol (Vocal Percussion)
Konnakol is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument, whether in a group of singers, an instrumental ensemble, or solo. Vocal percussion is also an integral part of many world music traditions, most notably in the traditions of North India (bols) and South India (solkattu).
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Syllables are used to learn percussion compositions, and each syllable signifies what stroke or combination of strokes the percussionist must use. The art of speaking these syllables is called konnakol in South India. The Konnakol lessons start from beginning phrases, compositions, mora and korvai and follow the pattern. You will learn the varied syllables found in Konnakol that vary from traditional drumming syllables, and how to change the vocalizations as you approach more concert phrasing.
Syllables are used to learn percussion compositions, and each syllable signifies what stroke or combination of strokes the percussionist must use. The art of speaking these syllables is called konnakol in South India. The Konnakol lessons start from beginning phrases, compositions, mora and korvai and follow the pattern. You will learn the varied syllables found in Konnakol that vary from traditional drumming syllables, and how to change the vocalizations as you approach more concert phrasing.
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