ALL MRIDANGAM STUDENTS

**Idiappam** · 19th July 2005, 12:56 PM

Let's count!

1.tha lan tha2.kitathaka 3.naka thari4.kitathaka
5.tha langu 6thom
tha lan7. thakita8.thaka naka 9.tharikita10.thaka
thalan11. gu thom
12tha lan tha13.kitathaka 14naka thari15kitathaka
16.thalangu 17.thom <---- Last Thom start of next avarthanam!

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**Idiappam** · 19th July 2005, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by viggop

he said to a right handed mridangam player, left side is called "thoppi" and right side is called "sadham".

I have heard "Dimiki kudukarathu" in Tamil for cheating but he introduced me to "Gumiki kudukarathu"(bass sound?)

Thoppi because we slap that end, palm flat, producing the 'thop, thop' sound, probably!

Right side is called 'valanthalai' or 'valantharai' ..... 'sadham' refers to the black centre of that side.

'Gumiki' or 'gumkaaram' koduppadu - producing the 'goom' sound on the left by playing the 'thom' followed by a quick drag using the inner palm near the wrist - giving a slide in pitch. 'Thom' sound is produced when played open. Gumkaram - something like:

gum thari gugunthari guguthari gugunaka
gum thari gugunthari guguthari gugutharikita
gum thari gugutharikita gum thari gugutharikita
gugutha tharikita thom, gugutha tharikita thom,
gugutha tharikita thom,

**viggop** · 22nd July 2005, 08:36 PM

Unni
Please check this and learn from great Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalapuram Sivaraman

**unni** · 29th July 2005, 04:16 AM

wait i dont understand the sliding the wrist area part.. you play thom and immediately slide the inner palm where?....is it where you play THA that you do it? another thing i wanted to ask..how much of a difference does it make when you put the paste mixture on the bass side? i've never played with it that's why i ask.. how do you apply it and how long can u use the same application? i heard that you must rub some oil on the bass side before applying the paste so it's easier to take off..does that mean that you have to remove the paste often?

**unni** · 29th July 2005, 04:18 AM

i forgot to ask this above..but can someone explain the tuning of a mridangam to me?

**viggop** · 4th August 2005, 11:21 AM

interview with Umayalapuram Sivaraman

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/ar/i...3/3/general/1/

Lot of Tejas in his looks.

**unni** · 7th August 2005, 07:54 AM

an excerpt from the interview page:
"...But I would like to have more knowledge and play much better than I am doing now..."

i find it so wonderful that a man of his status and experience is so humble. he never says that he is best always that he wants to get even better than he is now...that's what i admire about him. i mean I personally think of myself as one of the least experienced mridangists i know and even kids that are younger and have been studying for a shorter time than me still PLAY as though they have more experience..but i pride on the fact that i have an honest interest in the art and always want to be better and better. i think a person that says he is best is someone who is too lazy to try for more than he has haha..just my opinion lol..but hey i started a new teka i'm done with na thin thin na FOR NOW as i said i never wanna be DONE per se..any of you guys know this one? it's the first one in it's set

the bold means that you play with thom and underline means you play "THA" with it instead of "Thom"

na thin na thin
na thin na thin

I KNOW SEEMS KIND OF ELEMENTARTY BUT AS I SAID I'M ONLY A BEGINNER WITH SO MUCH INTEREST THAT EVERYLITTLE NEW INFORMATION I LEARN ABOUT THE ART EXCITES ME OVERWHELMINGLY !! HAHA.

feel free to prepare me for what comes after that lesson and also anyone who knows a lot about putting ravai on the mridangam and playing and also about tuning the mridangam please explain those things to me...again i am in the U.S and i have little resources here for me to fully soak in the knowledge on the art. that's why i ask ur all's help.

**viggop** · 7th August 2005, 01:09 PM

Unni
If you go to chennai, you'll see little kids who are less than 10 years old play mirudangam so well.This was told to me by another amateur mridangam player.I think some people are born with the layam inside them.!

**unni** · 9th August 2005, 04:54 AM

yeah...it's the same with any art i guess. some ppl just have it and other don't...does anyone know where i can get a decent mridangam for purchase in the U.S?