Mridangam

Mridangam - 'Mri' meaning clay or mud, and 'dangam' is the sound. Mridangam is therefore a very ancient drum: find out more in this video.

This video features R. R. Prathap.

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[sonofthedestroyer]

@ft48,

Some say mridangam comes from 'intricate fingers'

[ft48]

You play well. But you got the meaning of mridangam all wrong..

Mridangam = Mrid(clay) + angam(body)

Mri does not mean clay as you say. Mri in sankrit means death..

But anyway, good luck..

[ghatambrothers]

its pronounced as bellow.

DI-THAMKITA DIKUTHARIKITA THAKA

THADI THAMKITA DIKUTHARIKITA THAKA

[skareenh]

Very nice. Would love to see the extended version....

[shubhanag]

very nice..please post the whole video..

aie..nano:)

[gustinmi]

Hi, thanks.

I was actually interested in parts that goes something like this:

dhet tam ketataka terehete taka

and

kat tete kheta taka terekhete taka

Can you give exact variations for those two?

Thanks again, namaste...

[ghatambrothers]

hi thx for the interest taken to look at the video. sorry of delay in posting the reply on this.

variations are ..

JAM JAM THARIKITA DIM

DIM DIM THARIKITA DIM

THARIKITA DIM

THA KITA KITA THAKA.

do write to me if u want more and will keep u posted with the updates.

[gustinmi]

Hey!

Thanks for pronunciation. Its very clear so it's easy to pick up the beat.

Can you please spell out the whole thing, i cannot get the all variations:

JHA JHA TEREKHETA DHIN

DHIN DHIN TEREKHETA DHIN

TEREKHETA DHIN

Please if you have some time, add some more examples.

Thanks in advance

m.