Sankarabarnam RTP by Semmangudi Thani by UKS (Part 4 of 4)

[CompaQDemO]

my god..im speechless..it was amazing

[radicalfamily]

semmangudi was my great grandpa

[astrohari25]

The mere presence of UKS is enough in a concert.Leave alone the performance!

[chamataka]

is he using a screw type mridangam in this?? Cant really tell...

[hansmaui]

i think there are better performers....

[ajay226]

you havent listened to much UKS then.

[worlddominator62]

Who else do you think is better (replying to hansmaui not ajay)

[sonofthedestroyer]

Better performers in what sense? Mathematical complexity? Then yes you have Palghat Raghu, Karaikudi Mani etc. But in terms of sound and entertainment value UKS is on a different level.

[nizmo423]

Perfect 'NADHAM'

[fluteravi]

Legend at his best...great as always

[sonofthedestroyer]

For those who are confused, Dr Umayalpuram Sivaraman is playing the MRIDANGAM which is unquestionably the most rhytmically advanced drum on the planet. The mridangam is a marvel of engineering and is slowly beginning to gain worldwide fame.

[regalparks]

wow that's excellent

[hirofan]

The great Sivaraman may be the greatest living South Indian drummer. He appeared at Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana in 2006 and twenty years earlier as well.

[shdwfng]

mridangam and pakhawaj are not the same. this is a mridangam ... pakhawaj is used in accompanying odissi dance and dhrupad, which is an older form of north indian (hindustani) classical music. both drums certainly share ancestry though.

[dramas79]

But I have seen mridangam sometimes referred to as pakawadhyam which I think is what carnaticfanatic is referreing to. I think there are different types/styles of mridangam.

[ShootMyMonkey]

"pakavadhyam" doesn't refer specifically to mridangam, though. It simply refers to accompanying performers, and often times, the "primary" accompanist. A violinist or a mandolin player could also be referred to as playing pakavadhyam if they're accompanying a vocalist.

There are other drums in the same lineage as mridangam/pakhawaj, but they pretty much have different names even if some people confuse them.

[Carnaticfanatic]

Correct!

[Carnaticfanatic]

shdwfng, you make a correct point here. What I mean to relay is, mrdnga is often used as a generic term for two-headed Indian drums, hence my mentioning mrdnga class. A khol is a mrdgna, too. A pakhwaja is a mrdnga. I'm glad, too, that you cleared up the point about what genre and exactly where the pakhwaja is played, that being in Orissa for one of the seven classical dances of India, specifically the Odissi dance style.

[Carnaticfanatic]

The drum is mrdnga class drum, but is specifically called a pakhwaja. Used in South Indian Classical Music, which is Carnatic music.

[hirofan]

The sound of pakhwaj ia more like tabla. Check out music of Dagar Brothers.

[amalan22]

Pure Genius :D

[ashwinrohin]

Brilliant thani avarthanam -- the camera man should be shot for putting on the slow motion effect during the close up shot of his hand!

[pahren]

mridangam - south indian drum

[333TGINN333]

whats this drum called? thanks