Last year I became interested in Carnatic music, especially in Carnatic rhythm and konnakkol. In this category I will post some transcriptions of exercises and little solos that the incredible musician B.C. Manjunath shares on his Facebook profile. I’m not an expert of Carnatic music, so some of the explanations could be wrong. I will just share some transcriptions that I made for my own personal practice.
12 to 1 – 1 to 12 – 12 to 1
This exercise is really good to work in Tisra Gati (triplets/sixtuplets). It’s a phrase of twelve 16th notes that every time it is repeated it is reduced by one 16th note.
Tala (cycle/bar): Adi Tala – L4 D D (4 – 2 – 2 beats)
Gati (subdivision): Tisra – sextuplets (3/6 matras per beat)
Original Tempo: 1/4 note = 85
Practice tempo: From q.n. = 44 to q.n = 60 (my maximum)
Syllables: Ta-ki-ta Din Gi-ra-tha-ka (through all the exercise)
Here you can watch the exercise explained by B.C. Manjunath himself.
This exercise was posted on Facebook by Manjunath B.C. on the 3rd of January of 2017.
pau(sola)masafrets 