Subash Chandran's New DVD - Art of Ghatam and Konnakol

This is a preview of the new DVD, the Art of Ghatam and Konnakol by Sri T.H. Subash Chandran. He will be teaching how to play the South Indian Clay pot, the ghatam, and the art of vocal percussion (konnakol) available on subashchandranmusic.com - January 2007

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Music

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• subash
• chandran
• ghatam
• south
• indian
• percussion
• konnakol

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

how is this different from "bol" of hindustani music.

[omradiocom]

@KillinDaWelfareMCs Good question. Best answer I can give you is that bol is the phonetic equivalent of strokes to be played with only some adjustment made for speaking faster. 'bol' means to speak. Konnakol is the art of this vocal percussion based in south indian music. Solkattu would be closest to Bol. Konnakol would be without real equivalent in the north. Bol is usually if not always accompanied by a playing of the composition recited. continued...

[omradiocom]

@KillinDaWelfareMCs because it is a vocal art, not simply an attempt to retell a rhythmic tale, there are nuances in how phrases are said that are purely artistic or for performance and have no real translation to a drum (thought I'm sure there are amazing drummers who would dazzle us with a roll here or there). I was caught off guard by it not resembling my drumming experience. (I got to cut that from the the final mix, but...I flubbed good phrases that I'd never heard as a drummer alone).

[dbadagna]

Nice to have a ghatam instructional video. Who is the other gentleman in the video?

[omradiocom]

If you mean the student learning konnakol, that would be me, chris. I really, really didn't want to be in, but when your guru asks, you do. It was an honor.

[omradiocom]

Release Date still pending, but we should have this DVD out by Spring 2007.

[dhrupadfan]

Sri T.H. Subash Chandran has the most wonderful voice for konnakol; it is almost as melodious as it is rythmic

[tintala]

love the konnakol at the beginning with a touch of reverb, sounds great... thanks for the video.

[Shakambaridasi]

Thank you for posting this - ghatam is my favorite South Indian percussion instrument.

[monkeygames18]

i am new to this world of indian music however are there any indian percussion instruments played with sticks? mallets? please excuse my lack of knowledge but we all start somewhere. thanks.

Charlie.

[gphilamp]

2:30

[gphilamp]

2:30 wow

[TKDberry]

Good to see you, Chris. Great video.