INDIAN DRUMS - Jugalbandhi - Hari Narayanan LIVE

[awu84]

uwielbiam to! SUPER!

[KosmiskBevidsthed]

I like it at 4:08... kinda shuffle feel... is that a special style?? namaste :-)

[mintyoreo]

what's are those beats he's saying at the beginning called?

[kidcaper007]

just great!

[AstronomyGuru84]

Fantastic :D

[jacktheripoff1888]

Great stuff. Hand percussion in it's purest element. The string sounding hit on the mridangam sounds like a "D" note. Do drums like that come in different sizes with different key-notes?

[neektah]

Yeah... Metro PCS!

Represent!

[vishant1800]

i think the pakhawaj sounds better than the mridangam

[thebookofjoy]

craaaazy stuff.. 

[Eastsiderock]

woaah what's the time signature on this!!? o.O

[Psitopa8hs]

@Eastsiderock 4/4...

[ahxingmrelectro990]

is he rappin?

[Prisway]

@ahxingmrelectro990 nope... :) that is just the vocalization of the beats.

[ahxingmrelectro990]

@Prisway i c

[DAVWAVE]

those same dudes probably type a mean streak and answer phones as computer techs, lol.

[boucoupthick504]

What are the hand movements for?? What does it mean?

[Prisway]

@boucoupthick504 They are to keep track of the rhythm... it's called "Thaal(a)"... There are different rhythm movements and seven different thaalas are present. There are further 5 subdivisions (jaathis) to those thaalas based on the nature and the number of beats/notes in a music sentence.

[boucoupthick504]

@Prisway Wow, so they don't go by the modern musical notation that we, as Westerners recognize??

[Prisway]

@boucoupthick504 It is different, true. The thaalas are _usually_ not represented on paper and the musicians themselves do not look into paper when performing. The paper identifies the notes/beats to be played, the beginning and end of a music sentence, the duration of the notes and the raaga. A solo artist usually keeps track of the beats with the foot just like the hand (except you don't use your toes :D) or has someone else keep track of it for him/her, like here.

[boucoupthick504]

@Prisway You must be an artist yourself...very knowledgeable. I'm a classically trained singer but I wouldn't dare to try to singing Indian classical. Seems too difficult. What is the "scatting" called??

[Prisway]

@boucoupthick504 I too am very keen on learning to read western classical music. I hope some day I get to learn that.

[Prisway]

@boucoupthick504 I am a still-training Indian Classical(Carnatic) flute player... :). The "scatting" - that is just the vocalization of the beats. That is the base rhythm they follow through out the performance. If you listen carefully you'll notice that what they play eventually will be composed of those base beats he vocalizes in the beginning. I don't know much about the Indian classical percussion but, usually in Indian classical music those are the general rules which are always followed.

[boucoupthick504]

The guy in the beginning was "skatting" his butt off!! Sorry, don't know the real term for what he was doing.

[mfarad]

Awesome!!! My 2 year old's favourite you tube video by far.

[viodele]

+1

Just perfect... :)

[teenlebean]

Absolutely amazing.....also I just love the horns tooting outside...so India!! i want to go back so much!!!!

[urbanelf]

8:20 Cookie monster approves.

[mpclimate]

fab



[Dzongka]

@tarik666gothic Pourquoi ils sont "super moches"?

[tarik666gothic]

@Dzongka Je parle des instruments, j'ai l'habitude d'utiliser des instruments plus 'classiques', mais il ne faut pas prendre mon commentaire pour une insulte, c'est juste une question de gout :s

[97Cafre]

ils sont vraiment très fort !

[BolotDuario]

just awesome.... you don't play rythms... you make melodies... we want more.

How are this musicians called?

[G4700]

5:57 best part

[blues4never]

The cycles, the comfort with the underlying patterns. Building together. ending perfectly. Just amazing... reminds me of Miles and Cannonball. Thanks for posting and thanks to these masters.

[phcoh]

Nice nice piece gentlemen, it will prob take me a while to sus out the dif sounds you gained, im thinking the concentric rings on the druns produce the dif tones, along with stretching the skins, but you make it look soooo easy :-) (like all talented musicians do)

[asadordikatu888]

so beauty thanks drum masters

[MegaDonoman]

amazing video-i will be in India next year how about a lesson in tabla?

[sarah1ooo1]

amazing thankyou :)

[BluelightSpike]

Holy shit.. This got me head banging in all directions...

[pipppin18]

horn at 1:13 wicked

[druvak]

@jazzbummer Oh god, I'm not getting into a flame war about this. The sounds they are making with their mouths are just sounds. You're right in the sense that they play with their instruments the same sounds and rhythms that that make with their mouths. But you're wrong if you think those sounds mean anything - it is not a language. Those sounds don't mean, for example, "make me a sandwich" or something. Thats what the original poster asked.

[jazzbummer]

@druvak Yes the sounds do mean something. They are what you play. They are not just "vocalizing" as you state is.

[Nussknacker74]

those peaple would be rich in one week by playing this in our subways.... dude this is awesome

[Dzongka]

@Nussknacker74 They are middle-class. Why would they want to play in your subways; they are music teachers in their own right. Do music teachers in your country stoop down to the level of going to the street to play music? I don't think so.

[DirtyCommunist]

0:14 Waiting for him to pause, then just yell out, "I'm a scat maaan!"

[pimezon]

i just felt like god screwed me over by depriving me of such talent :(

[druvak]

@jazzbummer No dude, it doesnt mean anything. They are just vocalizing the rhythms. Kind of like how blues musicians would sing "do be do be do" etc.

[jazzbummer]

@druvak you have no idea what you are talking about. They play what they speak. I study tabla I know.

[yessenia1819]

que incleible!!

[jeremiewhite85]

I watched this in my world music class recently, were going over south Asian music. In pretty amazed how detailed music from India is.

[Raachen]

FAN-TAS-TIC!

[cpmkw]

Amazing.

I always wonder for this kind of playing--how much is improvisation, and how much is pre-planned? In either case, it's incredible. A fantastic display of skill, intellect, and artistry.

[violinv]

good..

[vespamerica]

I want to go to India...

[Lili0000007]

thats kinda fast, awesome (:

[sniperhell124]

ehm what didnt he said hrbglrhrbglrhrbglrhrbgl wtf i dont understanded it !!

[beastrevor]

@sniperhell124 i think he was saying the beat

[druvak]

@sniperhell124 hahaha your post made me laugh! It doesnt mean anything. Hes just vocalizing

[sniperhell124]

@druvak i wont try that at home haha

[jazzbummer]

@druvak What do you mean it doesn't mean anything? Have you studied Indian music? Thats exactly what they do, they speak it then they play it.

[ParhamK]

@jazzbummer

Trolling like its 1999...and he took the bait

[Dzongka]

@sniperhell124 He is stating the beats that he is about to play on the drum.

[EugeneShapovalov]

bravissimo!

You are the best

[RainCall13]

I want to know whats the name of the deep bass drum is. Anyone knows this?

[fabbados]

Mridangam

[tarik666gothic]

@fabbados I was searching for the name since 5 years ! thanks a lot !

[TrackgodsMultimedia1]

@fabbados whats the other guys drums called?\

[010904050]

@RainCall13

[Singaporepunjaban]

@RainCall13 No, its tabla. Mridangam hardly has any bass on it.

[CAMADI9]

@RainCall13 it's called a baya

[jmen55]

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[GFF18]

que bien se oye...

[RP626466]

Bea U Ti Full -NZ

[Sk8ordieknarlysk8er]

Drums are my favorite musical instruments, then it's the violin, then sitar

[gimp91]

MOHIT!!!

[kabirwill]

thanks for recalling Indian sound...... its great ...

[MrFilthyHyena]

incredible, just astonishing, words cant describe how i felt after listening ... thanks for this

[antonioking1992]

Damn, The Sonic Drum-Vingers. Awesome = (Rate By 5)™

[dpaulson777]

wow maen

[vespamerica]

beautiful sound!

very precise...

[PurpleBlueHaze]

Bravo!!!!! (*_*)

[jwhizz420]

do you do lesson dude

[biocybernaut]

you will have to go to southern india if you want his lessons mate!

[salgadodylan]

sweeeeeeet!

[haileeraelee]

absolutely awesome i love it

[dhol7]

This is amazing and took me 2hrs to fall across it, thanks4postin :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[biocybernaut]

yeah fab's good, he shot and edited all the videos himself around the world, he's a good friend of mine. I gotta go back to India myself, that country is truly magic! ;-)

[mgurjar]

two best musical drums....

[LexxKelsey]

was he rappin at 1st

[sweetgem111]

Are you serious? Actually, he is reciting the rhythm.

[rajesht81]

tabla is trying to overtake mridangam 6:52 - 7:00

[FutbolFanatic90]

you're reading too much into this mate... tabla is not as good at the mirudhangam. :)

[feizluz]

u right seamanajay he is not

[Karmakazie]

this is beautiful.

[ocean3260]

good indian soul music the spirit of INDIA is in you .

Good moment of percussion. Congratulations , keep on going to show all around the world the feelings of your nation ... iNDIA...

[Sc0ttPrian]

whats the circle in the middle?

[expansionist4]

iron filing paste

[myfaceispurple]

2:04 i luvz my triplets

[seamanajay]

This guy is not Hari Narayan.. I know him personally

[DSamSebe1]

AWESOME! THANKS FOR POSTING!

[cctv786]

aww,that is amazing.their hands are like machine.

[coswominn]

the mridangist*

[coswominn]

where do u learn from? very good clarity in ur hands

[1968prakash]

Thanks for the comment. I learned from India and I live in India. I am the guy who played the mridangam, the drum on the left side of the video.

[ryan62791]

This is phenomenal, anyone know what's up with the strange way the non-playing person will keep time, or whatever they may be doing? I'm legitimately interested.

[sonofthedestroyer]

He is counting an 8 beat cycle (Aadhi Thaalam). 2 beats (palm down), 2 turns (palm up) and 3 finger taps = 8!

[ryan62791]

Thanks, i analyzed it closer and got it, i'm going to look it up so i may figure this out, but what's the significance of the palm and finger involvement?

[ryan62791]

Is it how it's accented?

[glorplaxy]

you aren't going to find much information trying to look it up on the internet. learning something like this in indian music, even tal, almost always takes a real teacher. the only things you can really find online for indian music are beginner things for the most popular instruments: tabla and sitar.

[DSamSebe1]

The claps are the accented beats.

ONE and TWO and THREE four five six

I think.... :))

[YAYOISUIKA]

i''m spacing out....

[FLORINzGTRST]

man! that is some heavy stuff

[czechmate1974]

fantastic. it takes all my stress away. amazing i wish i was there

[laydeesik]

absoloutly, fucking boner-ish i nearly got one even if im a girl l,mfaoo it was great"

[SunnySunshine000]

OMG, I love this!!!

Moving to this is fantastic. Transformning.

[whatwiththat44]

fuck me man! rocking indian dudes kick ass

[0badneko0]

awsome !!

[scallypea]

super stuff. Amazing !!!

[chupameuna]

wow!!!  this is so gooddd,,,,

[sc72689]

Amazing .. True Rhythm

[gringolander]

Jugal bandhi is a "style" of music, where two musicians' performances are entwined. Neither one is the leader or the follower, as both are equal. In Hidustani jugalbandhi means entwined twins. There is playful competition. In western music, a similar style would be a mandolin and a guitar playing the same tune, but overlapping each other or a drummer doing a 'solo' with another conga player, trying to do the same percussion with different instruments. Hope this explanation helps!

[nobody5690]

i freaking love mridangam so much!!!!! It sounds soooo freaking awesome.

[Mamoni123]

Tabla does not sound nice at all

I think he is playing it in mridangam style which suite well with the mridangam but not with tabla

Just look at how he plays the taa

That should explain what I am trying to say.

[Redbull357]

Masters!

[Ravencastle]

i like this sounds great

[joker9494949494]

2:28 sounds like turok btw.... hahahhaa thts awesome

[piwright42]

What is the history and tradition of this? What did it evolve from? Is it like Japanese drums, a way of communicating from shore to fishing boats? A very riveting sound to say the least.

[sonofthedestroyer]

piwright42 (1 month ago)

What is the history and tradition of this? What did it evolve from? Is it like Japanese drums, a way of communicating from shore to fishing boats?

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hahahahhahahahahhahahhhahahahh­ahha i am sure that mridangam and tabla were not created for that purpose.

Imagine a fisherman with oily, grimy hands on deck see the shore and play on his tabla to send out a message?

hahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahah

[piwright42]

I'm glad you got a laugh, but in the past drums have been use to communicate across distance. The Japanese use as communication from shore to boat is in my opinion unique. Further it allowed me to avoid the more obvious line of inquiry, that of the drum as a tool of communication on the battle field. Thank you for reducing my desire to be politically correct and open minded to little more than your personal joke.

[Prisway]

@piwright42 music in India developed in two ways - one out of technicality and precision, like the Indian classical and another, out of necessity or fun (folk). This one here, is the Indian classical (which again has two divisions of Hindustani (Northern Indian classical) and Carnatic (Southern Indian Classical)). It is similar to how the west has folk and classical.

[Ooga001]

All Indian music, nay, all Indian tradition has evolved from the Vedas, Hindu scriptures.

[joker9494949494]

thts awesome!!! woah i love the guy who was just starts with like a solo!!! just awesome!!! 10/5

[norra124]

Hahahah heavy metal

[baadindyan]

gotta love the ending when they play together

[gaura]

Bad Ass!

[bmillz3811]

How stoned do you suppose these guys are?

[jaiPawanPutraHanuman]

they are not stoned.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Stoned? ROFL. They need to be 100% sober to play like this

[Ooga001]

almost as stoned as that jew-bastard jeebus (jesus).. you know .. that dead jew on a stick..

[rgiita]

I like to learn how to play.who can teach me?

[bluntwrapfan]

i will teach you.... follow me son.......

[narayanaprakash]

Contact me......................

[Bhavithiran]

are you tamil and are they tamil?

[badboy4lifeyadig]

dude these guys are like totally awesome .. i use to play guitar and a lot of heavy metal since seeing this.. me and all my friends are playing tabla and the mridangam .. we still play some guitar but are currently going on tour around michigan trying to bring the mridangam on with our music.. its kinda weird for some people but its a real hit in our community.. keep up the good work by the way.. the dude in the left on the video when he really got into it he looked like he was having a seizure.

[badboy4lifeyadig]

dude this is like totally awesome

[saidmenteser]

there is this kind of electric smooth sound at the back ground in the begining. what instrument produces this sound

[qutoobe]

I think that is what is called the "harmonium." Not sure, anyone with the correct info feel free to correct me.....

[nurseding]

its most def not a harmonium but i believe its a tanpura?? srri i had to correct it cuz i kno its not a harmonium but a stringed instrument in the background thas similar to a sitar (if that helps wit imagery some) hope that helps tho!

[narayanaprakash]

It is a Jugalbandhi (fusion) between South Indian Carnatic Classical Instrument MRIDANGAM and Hindustani Instrument TABLA.

[pongop]

the tabla seems more like mridangam style.  it's awesome. reminds me of Bikram Ghosh.

[Moog167]

I WANT TO LEARN THIS!!!

[rajansingh88]

this is very good

i play tabla

but this man hand very good on martang

[sweetshef28]

Indian classical music rockzzz..!!! Tabla and violin r my fav. Indian musical instruments..and this jugalbandi rocked,too!!

[palaceblore]

What I feel is that the guy playing Mridangam perfectly done his job. The Tabla player gives an impression like he is not well with the Jugalbandis. Especially when both were playing complementarily, the Tabla player lost the rhythm. But, overall a good job! Waiting for such videos..

[MangoSowmya]

He actually didn't lose rhythm...he started only started late. All of his beats were still accounted for. Both have very good rhythm.

[wellkinda]

DHOL

[ankitchamp2008]

GOOD

[repsol1986]

i love music

[ankitchamp2008]

I M TESTING

[SriKrsnadas]

Thanks, where was this recorded?

[ronaldoishihara]

Greetings from Brasil!

[Naisarue]

Superb! I love it best at the beginning, halfway, how it's filmed and the way they move their hands... thank you!!

[fabbados]

Txs for appreciate, have a look also a Sculpting Noise video, there are some dance mouvement from south india.

Compliment for y dance skills

B regards

fabba

[ankitchamp2008]

TTASFASDFASFA

[stomponagoomba]

beautiful jugalbhandi.

[Redbull357]

Amazing!

[RedSkyBlues]

psyche-delic experience.great playing!

[vman10]

the mridangam player is awesome

[emry01]

Pretty impressive play

[sonofthedestroyer]

Finally a tabla mridangam jugalbandhi

[tromaderij]

¡¡¡me encantó, siempre oigo estos tambores pero jamás los había visto tocar y las palmas también fue una sorpresa!!!

[Shanmougam]

what can I say... ? this is a perfect demonstration of Indian Music very Impressive and Lovely !

[q8rogue]

nice very nice i liked it :)