Mridangam Teachings in Adi Talam: Tirunelveli 1969

P.S. Devarajan

“Devarajan shares his knowledge, power and passion with you”

Mridangam lessons and demonstration

By mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan, mridangam and konnakol (spoken rhythms)
Recorded at his home in Tirunelveli in 1969 before leaving after my studies with him for more than a year.

On tracks 1-5 Mridangam maestro (Vidwan) P.S. Devarajan speaks and plays the basic lessons (Padam) on the mridangam.
On tracks 6-7 he demonstrates basic playing.
On track 8 he speaks the drum phrases (Konnakol) and
on track 9 he plays a solo (Tanni Avartana).
All in Adi Talam of 8 beats, also called Chatusra Triputa Talam.

Here is a sample of his Konnakol

You can hear his inspired playing also on:

ce14 Swamy Haridhos & Party: Classical Bhajans
cex14 Swamy Haridhos & Party: More Classical Bhajans
cex13 Muthunathesa Bhagvatar, K. Shivakumar, P.S. Devarajan: Karnatic Harmonium
ce32 Nedunuri Krishnamurthy: For Tradition Turn To Nedunuri

Other albums with P.S. Devarajan

For Tradition Turn To Nedunuri

[CE32]

Classical Bhajans

[CE14]

Karnatic Harmonium

[CEX13]

More Classical Bhajans

[CEX14]

Mridangam Teachings In Adi Talam: Tirunelveli 1969

[CEX03]

1996 Travelogue

[1996·ZTC-T-1]