melody on drum

[duff777]

To produce a raga line with a drum must be a difficult task.
This is a good effort:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__w0sNx8RXQ

Enjoy.

[tkb]

good effort indeed!

[Nick H]

This is a drum that is designed to play melody ... but I don't know that it was conceived to play actual songs like this!

Have a cd of Edduka (how many Ds, how many Ks?) solo somewhere in the collection: must see if it is the same man.

[srikant1987]

Have a cd of Edduka (how many Ds, how many Ks?)

One d, two k's. You got it exactly wrong.

Now, a trick: consonants after the first in Tamil (and most Malayalam) words are usually of the d/g/b kind -- except when they occur in pairs: kk, tt, pp.

[Nick H]

Edukka I should have googled :$

Fascinating instrument. I even have one in my collection, although I certainly can't play it.

[uday_shankar]

Now, a trick: consonants after the first in Tamil (and most Malayalam) words are usually of the d/g/b kind -- except when they occur in pairs: kk, tt, pp.

that's an "educcated" observation and going forward Nick can take a stab at the correct spelling without having to goggle..er...google.

[Nick H]

The spelling of my own place name did occur to me, with its two Ks.

Even in English, it is a big problem to know some double consonants, and some stuff like ee and ea, but we make it worse by pronouncing these things the same!