About this minute

Title
Nandi Nataraja Part 4
Creator
B.C Manjunath
Location
India
Collections
South Asian Classical Collection

SAC #11

You just listened to a minute of konnakol, an art form from the South Indian Carnatic musical tradition. Konnakol is a performance of percussion syllables using the voice and this requires a lot of practice and skills!  Performers also use their hands to count the tala (meter) at the same time. Konnakol uses a rhythmic syllable system to create different subdivisions of the beat,…

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