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,…
