Rohan Krishnamurthy, a senior at Kalamazoo College explains the different sounds produced on the mridangam, a classical Indian drum. For more info, please visit http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette
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Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer plays a percussion solo (tani avartanam) on the mridangam, a South Indian double-headed barrel-shaped drum.
An audio clip of Mani Iyer playing the mridangam is among the Sounds of the Earth on the gold records aboard the Voyager spacecrafts:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/voyager_record
3rd November 2007
Gurdain Rayatt and Amuthan Chandrakumar perform Mridangam and Tabla Duet for 20 minutes.
Mistakes in places but not bad after only playing together for one day!
Video taken at my aunt's diwali dinner and dance
Mridangam played by the late Palghat Mani Iyer.
Tabla played by Ustad Zakir Hussain.
Original video probably does not exist for this track.
Anyway it is top notch stuff.
Here is the continuation of that Thani Avarthanam. This is for mridangam connoisseurs.
Video is from www.palghatraghu.com
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This video is only being used for educational purposes and not profit.
A new concerto for mridangam and string orchestra, by composer Dr. Elizabeth Start. Percussionist Rohan Krishnamurthy featured as soloist with Kalamazoo College and Community Orchestra.
