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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 Video by Mark Bugnaski /copyright Kalamazoo Gazette/ Mlive

Mridangam Practice at home.

Rajesh Sir's playing Mridangam during one of the sessions. Truly sensational.

Very. Nice. Music. Enjoy. Shashank on the aerophones.

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Here is a real treat for mridangam conoisseurs. One of the greatest mridangists in history. His technique very different from Palghat Mani Iyer. Here he plays a solo in Adi Taalam from a concert in 1959. It is a very old clip so turn the volume up or use ear phones.

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CMANA Great Composer's Day December 6th 2008 Percussion Solo (Thani) - Ullas Rao 1st Place in Mridangam Senior Competition Khanda Ekam Thalam

This is little Syamakrishna of Detroit @ 20 months.

Here's part 2 Recorded from local tv onto VHS tape in the early 90s. Tabla- late Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan, Mrindangm - Guruvayur Dorai, Pakhawaj - Pandit Durga Lal, Ghatam - Vikku Vinayakram

sanjay vanen had the good fortune of playing for guruvayur sri dorai.Sri Dorai requested for tisra and misra nadai from sanjay at a papanasam sivan festival's competition in singapore, which sanjay won

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.

Solo improvisation on the South Indian drum, the mridangam. Recorded in June 2006. For more info on percussionist Rohan Krishnamurthy, check out www.rohanrhythm.com

Recorded from local tv onto VHS tape in the early 90s. Tabla- late Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan, Mrindangm - Guruvayur Dorai, Pakhawaj - Pandit Durga Lal, Ghatam - Vikku Vinayakram

Another video for mridangam lovers. This is from the album 'Laya Tharangam'. TVG plays Adi Taalam using his own unique mridangam which sounds different from traditional mridangams. Apparently he has added alot of Iron on the Valanthalai (treble) side and created a more resonating thoppi (base). I am not too sure of the details but it results in a more metallic sounding mridangam. TVG style is particularly interesting and sounds very modern and 'jazzy' at times. I was even told that TVG uses a technique where he deliberatley misses beats throughout most of the solo and adds them on at the end. See if you can spot it. Unusual sound and technique and it adds a new flavour to mridangam. I personally love it. Audio and Photo used for educational purposes only

Sanjay Vanen's tani avarthanam continues with ghatam solo by EM Subramaniam with Sriram Gangadharan keeping taala.

Finale (Kuraippu, Mohara, and Korvai) of Thani Avarthanam in Sankeerna Tripuda Thaalam. This was held on 21st August, 2008 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai. The participants are: M N Hariharan (Conception), D Chandrajit (Tabla), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira), T Sampath and Suriya Subramanian (Mridangam), H Prasanna (Ghatam), Mambalam S P Arulanandham (Thavil), and Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal).

Sri Karaikudi Mani, Guru and a great Mridangist. His Ensemble played NEERAJANAM, recorded and telecast by Jaya TV a few years ago during Margazhi Mahotsav.I have great pleasure in sharing this video with you. Mani Sir needs no introduction. He always stands out as an accomplished Mridangist with breathtaking performance. His CDs are available in the market and music lovers can buy them and enjoy. My gratitude to Tamil TV channels, JAYA, SUN VIJAY and RAJ. They have been doing yeoman service to music world. // If u like my uploads please rate them. You can also send your comments. I value them. If you click on "subscribe" youtube team will forward my future uploads to your account directly. Creating user account in YOUTUBE hardly takes a minute.Benefits? You have an exclusive Web-Page of yours, totally free. Thanks for watching.

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Sri Karaikudi Mani, Guru and an eminent Mridangist. His Ensemble played "Ramanukke Mannan" in Raga Hindolam, recorded and telecast by Jaya TV a few years ago during Margazhi Mahotsav.I have great pleasure in sharing this video with you.// Mani Sir needs no introduction. He always stands out as an accomplished Mridangist with breathtaking performance. His CDs are available in the market and music lovers can buy them and enjoy. My gratitude to Tamil TV channels, JAYA, SUN VIJAY and RAJ. They have been doing yeoman service to music world. // If u like my uploads please rate them. You can also send your comments. I value them. If you click on "subscribe" youtube team will forward my future uploads to your account directly. Creating user account in YOUTUBE hardly takes a minute.Benefits? You have an exclusive Web-Page of yours, totally free. Thanks for watching.

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A disciple of Vidwan ( Late ) Vellore C.M.Kuttiappa, Srinivasan is presently receiving advanced training in percussion from Vidwan Tiruvarur Sri R.Krishnamoorthy. Srinivasan is an amateur Carnatic vocalist, percussionist and composer,presently based at Pondicherry, India.

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Adi talam .... Mridangam by Sri M.Prasanna ( Disciple of Vidwan Karaikudi Sri V.M.Ganesan ) ... Kanjira ( Frame drum ) by dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan ( Disciple of Vidwan Vellore C.M.Kuttiappa and Vidwan Tiruvarur R.Krishnamoorthy )