RESOUNDING MRIDANGAM: The Majestic South-Indian Drum

Resounding Mridangam explores the nuances of Mridangam, the majestic South-Indian drum, an inevitable accompaniment in Carnatic classical music. The e-book is a ravishing journey in time and historical past. It’s designed for a wider readership comprising music college students as their educational supply at universities throughout the globe, performing musicians, followers of Indian & Western classical music, and anybody who needs to achieve interdisciplinary information in music. Evaluation of the physics of Mridangam would enthuse readers with a scientific bent of thoughts. It covers a comparative evaluation of the assorted music genres to understand synergy and synthesis. The e-book additionally accommodates unheard vignettes of 200+ Mridangam masters.

Resounding Mridangam is split into eight chapters.

Chapter 1: The South Indian Classical Music

Chapter 2: The Musical Devices

Chapter 3: Mridangam – Evolution & Historical past

Chapter 4: Bani – The Taking part in Traditions

Chapter 5: Mridangam – The Construction & Elements

Chapter 6: The Physics of Mridangam

Chapter 7: The Tala Methods

Chapter 8: The Nice Masters

The primary two chapters set the e-book’s tone whereby the readers are launched to Indian Classical Music’s spectacular world. These chapters cowl the genesis and evolution of Indian classical music and dwell into the 2 main Indian music genres: the Carnatic and the Hindustani. The readers are given an outline of the Indian classical music devices from the archaic to the modern ones.

Chapters 3 and 4 cowl the historical past and evolution of Mridangam. The enjoying traditions (Bani) are narrated in nice element. These chapters will enrich the readers with the wealthy historical past and high-quality traditions of Mridangam enjoying.

Chapters 5 and 6 take the readers by means of the anatomy and physics behind Mridangam. The readers are given the scientific points of this instrument, which makes Mridangam a singular one among the many different classical percussion devices.

Chapter 7 takes the readers to the Tala programs (rhythmic frameworks) in Carnatic music. All Tala programs in Carnatic music are defined intimately, which might be of particular curiosity to all music college students.

The final chapter is a tribute to the good masters of Mridangam on whose steering and contributions this instrument has developed to be a ubiquitous a part of the custom of classical music. This chapter covers unheard vignettes of 217 Mridangam masters of nice fame who classical music lovers are revering. The chapter covers data that invokes the curiosity of all lessons of readers.

Resounding Mridangam is an earnest endeavour chronicling the king of percussion devices – the Mridangam. This e-book appeals to all music lovers to get a nuanced perspective of Mridangam and its fitment within the Indian Classical music milieu. It would function a definitive handbook of Mridangam.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Erickavu N. Sunil is an A-Grade South-Indian percussion artist in Mridangam on the All India Radio, the nationwide public radio broadcaster of India. In the course of the three many years of his performing profession, Sunil has carried out alongside many maestros, and his expertise has been recognised with a number of awards and accolades. He left behind a profitable company profession in Info Know-how to spend extra time exploring, researching and understanding music. Sunil has put to finest use his background in science whereas researching for Resounding Mridangam which is certain to depart music lovers enthralled.

Prof Trichy Sankaran, the world-renowned percussion virtuoso, has written the foreword to this e-book.