Basic Konnakol [PDF]

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The basics of Konnakol

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1 How to count Adi Tala 1 clap 2 little finger count chaturasra Laghu 3 ring finger count 4 middle finger count

5 clap 6 wave 7 clap 8 wave

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Laghu: starts from a beat with finger counts Drutam: fixed movment, a clap and a wave of the hand Anadrutam: just one clap

drutam drutam

tisra three beats

D

Ta - one beat

& .

D

. . ki 5

na thom

& . . . . .

ki 3

ta

. . . misra 7 beats ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi 7

kanda 5 beats ta di

Ta

Ta ka - two beats

D D EE

. . . . . . .

chaturasra 4 beats ta ka dhim mi

D

. . . .

D

sankirna 9 beats ta ka dhim mi ta ka ta ki ta 9

. . . . . . . . .

The above is a simplification. For example misra can be represented as any ot he following 7 beats

& . . . . . . . ta

ki ta

ta

7 beats

!E

7

7 beats 3

ta ka dhim mi

ta ki

. . . . . . .

ka dhim mi

ta ki

ta

3

. . . . . . . ta

ta

! 3E E D

ka dhim mi

Any of the above can exist in any rhythmic permutations for example. Kanda can be said in crotchets , quavers, triplets, semiquavers, crotchet triplets whole notes etc.etc. Every exercise you say should be done in Tala including hand claping.

& . . . . . . . . . . . . Ta

ki

ta Ta

ki

ta Ta

ki

ta Ta

ki

ta

D

tisra ca be represented as semiquavers