Mridanga Lessons Pt. 1

[Gauraonline]

Very nice seva you are doing Abhijit prabhu. Did you learn from Bablu ?

[abhijitb1]

@Gauraonline I did not have Bablu as a teacher, if that is what you mean...

[filspirit]

Haribol,

Thank you very much Prabhu , I'll practice in Paris Temple !! Jay Parisisvara !!

[abhijitb1]

@filspirit Haribol et bienvenue!

[rkrrbadloe]

Thanks for sharing these lessons, I'll practice so I can play mridanga in the ISKCON Amsterdam temple :)

[2323Aguilar]

Hi, I am looking at purchasing a mridanga and was curious to know what differences it makes as to if I purchase a fiberglass or clay one, your video is wonderful, thank you for the inspiration!

[abhijitb1]

@2323Aguilar Big differences. Clay typically has much better sound quality. Fiberglass is much more sturdy.

[nodanielno]

Hare Krishna from Colombia, Thank you Abhijit

[danielctucker]

Excellent video! Learning already. Thanks so much.

[sankirtanlouisville]

Jai Prabhu,

All glories to your service. Excellent vidoes, thank you so so much. Balarama Ki Jai, Harinama Sankirtan Ki Jai!

[ravikishorgandi]

hare krishna dear abhijit prabhu. dandavats. pranam. all glories to srila prabhupada

all glories to sri guru and gauranga. if you remember me, i am rasesa govinda das, met you in recent 24hr kirtan festival at new vrindavan temple and you promised me to send me mridanga material provided I send you my email id. I beg you to please mail me the matetial at ravikishorgandi@gmail.com. thank you very much for your service prabhu. nitai gaura haribol. your humble servant, rg das

[ShaktipatSeer2]

AHH I have to buy one now .. thanks for this vid :)

[iletitrayn]

Can you post the prayer that is said before paying mrdanga? Thank you.

[merupu2erupu]

does anybody know why the traditional south indian mridangam is so different than the ISKCON Hare Krishna mridangam?... i play the south indian version

[davender55]

@merupu2erupu

I think the difference is in the material. The southern mridanga are made from the trunk of the jackfruit tree which gives it a hollow wooden sound. The ISKCON ones originally were from eastern India, and are made of baked clay giving it more sharp sound. I got the fiberglass body one and would give it the lowest rating for sound quality.

[lapetiterenard]

JAI!!

[Krishnabhaktin]

Hare Krishna Prabhu,

your videos have really helped me play and like the mridganga

because of you i can now play in kirtans THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!

Haribol

[panyvinito]

How many hours should one practice the first rhythm in this first video before moving to the next one?

[abhijitb1]

@panyvinito Practice this for at least 4 hours. Break it up over a week by doing 15-20 minutes at a time.

[panyvinito]

@abhijitb1 Thank you! I will! :)

[Sivyer111]

Really helpful!! thanks so much :D Haribolo

[megacumbe]

gracias! u videos r great.

[Kirticandra]

thank you Abhijit!

[Vikuthnath]

Hare Krishna Prabhu Video is very nice for step by step learning. I don't have fast internet connection so videos are not playing properly. Is there any any way i get these files via e-mail or any other source.

Hare krishna

solkar@eim.ae

[Ampliarlimites]

Haribol !

[omsatya]

Actually, this instrument is called a Khol. Mridanga or Mridangam is a carnatic instrument. A Khol is a bengali folk instrument brought by srila Prabhupadaji since he and Chaitanya Prabhu were Bengali.

[FrankMustaine]

hello abhijit, thanks for your lessons. I´m from argentina. I bhought a new mridanga (equal to yours-made in india) I wanted to know if it´s normal that the surface of the left head (the bigger one) has like many thin lines crossing each other (ressembling like earth in which rain didn´t came on it for too long, and begins to brake in peaces) it isn´t broken, but it has those similar lines all over. thank you for reading.

[abhijitb1]

@FrankMustaine Yes, both heads should have many fine cracks running through them. Actually, the higher the density of cracks (the smaller they are), the better it will sound.

[tristaobh]

Haribol!!!!

[ShriVishnuMandirJcNj]

these lessons ARE GREAT I PRACTICE MY MRIDANGA WEEKLY AND THESE LESSONS ARE GOOD TO LEARN AND PLAY ALONG

[doselipz]

Hare Krsna! Thanks so much for posting this prabhu :) Your instructions are concise and easy to understand. I especially liked how you explained the different strokes. Very helpful to a beginner like me.

[bhaktadani]

thenk you Prabhu! Your videos are very easy to understend.

[dpinvogue]

Hi Harijitji,

Just to clarify, is there a difference between a mrdangam and a pakhawaj? and what are the differences? Are they played in a similar fashion?

[abhijitb1]

Yes, there is a big difference between the two. A pakhawaj is much larger and played very differently (more classical fashion). It is probably much harder to learn pakhawaj because (1) there are very few people who can teach you and (2) because it's just generally more complex.

[samgel]

Such wonderful service for Krishna.

Thank you Prabhuji, Shama dd

[kelimurali]

Thank you so much for posting these videos Prabhu, I am watching them every day and practicing!

Hare Krishna

[tulsikrishna108]

Dandavat Prabhu,

Thank you so much for this instructive video. 25 years ago I was able to get my first mrdunga together with an instruction manual but somehow it got lost. This video of yours is a big help specially for our new devotees who want to learn playing the mrdunga properly. ys, Tulsi Krishna/ Cebu Philippines

[ngothyeaun]

hare krishna prabhu,

i have a question can this play when double beat time? do u have double beat mantra? hare krishna!

[abhijitb1]

Yes, you can play this at double the speed and use it in "double time." Or, you can learn a somewhat different (perhaps simpler) version in Lesson #6.

[phsyco348]

you give the best lessons..you are very detailed ..good explanations..thank you . hari bol.

[opus88888]

Muy buen video

I watched, although I do not have mridanga

[mu2kumaran]

ya thats khol.. not mrindang..but may b in diff place it has diff name.. likewise khol is very famously called mridanga in east india.. the same is called mridanga is known as khol in south india.. n e way.. thx for da lesson bro.. hari bol..!!

[swarenb]

thats khol not mridanga!!!!!i think they tricked him! i play morsing and to do morsing u must hav experience for atleatst for 3 years mridanga and i finished mridanga and thats so not it!!!!!there master is probably tamil im malayalam

[abhijitb1]

The sanskrit word "mridanga" is derived from "mrid" (clay) and "anga" (limb). It means "limb of clay." Technically, then, any clay-bodied drum could be called a mridanga. However, in Bengal, the original word for the khol has always been "mridanga," and the south Indian drum is often differentiated by calling it a "mridangam" (note the 'm' at the end).

[whoddaya]

Hare Krsna.

For reasons, I wish to learn the flute, manjira and the tabla.

Does ISKCON offer classes for these too?

[abhijitb1]

While I'm sure that a few people offer lessons in these instruments, I don't know anyone personally.

[ngothyeaun]

Hare Krishna!

Thank You so much for this lesson! I am totally new to mrdanga and this will help me understand more.

I just curious how to add in the mantra when playing, what I meant is when suppose we should sing when play this tune.

Once again THANK YOU, please make more!

[abhijitb1]

The next video has an example of how to sing while playing.