I saw some stuff "free" online
http://korvai.org/lessons.html
If they include audio for these lessons, it would have been great!!
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Mridangam lessions online
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vasanthakokilam
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They have one audio.
Sankeerna Eka Thalam, Sankeerna Nadai:
http://files.korvai.org/lessons/lesson-9-9.mp3
I have looked at it before. It seems like a worthwhile endeavor. They precisely notate the rhythm but I got lost quite quickly. It was too cryptic. May be I shoudl spend some time and get used to it, as one needs to do with any notational system.
Sankeerna Eka Thalam, Sankeerna Nadai:
http://files.korvai.org/lessons/lesson-9-9.mp3
I have looked at it before. It seems like a worthwhile endeavor. They precisely notate the rhythm but I got lost quite quickly. It was too cryptic. May be I shoudl spend some time and get used to it, as one needs to do with any notational system.
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Nick H
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Their notation, so far as I have seen, is like the notation my guruji uses for himself --- a numeric shorthand showing exactly the calculation and division of the composition.
For the mridangist or advanced student, it will be no problem to convert numbers for music.
For the lesser among us, although un-ambivalent notation becomes harder, I think we need the words.
I also think the words are part of the beauty of the composition.
For the mridangist or advanced student, it will be no problem to convert numbers for music.
For the lesser among us, although un-ambivalent notation becomes harder, I think we need the words.
I also think the words are part of the beauty of the composition.
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vasanthakokilam
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Nick, let us work on a project. I find their stuff a bit too cryptic. Fully writing it out takes too much space. We need one in the middle which is shorter than the fully spelt out one and not as cryptic and without losing the beauty of the composition as you call it.
Remember the Kanakku/kArvai matrix of our own Shri Balaji. That was quite good. May be there is a scheme to refer to that table and also write it out in a precise but not so cryptic scheme without losing the beauty of the sollus.
Remember the Kanakku/kArvai matrix of our own Shri Balaji. That was quite good. May be there is a scheme to refer to that table and also write it out in a precise but not so cryptic scheme without losing the beauty of the sollus.