Konnakol the south indian drumming language, a sensational stage-effect and the easiest and most effective way to learn, understand and express rhythm.
....or how John Mc Laughlin express it: "if you can understand Konnakol - the most superior system of learning rhythm in the world - you can understand any rhythm from any country on the planet".
4 - piece DVD Konnakol - course set:
54 lessons, 230 minutes on 3 DVD.
Plus bonus CD with all 54 lessons in pdf format.
Konnakol the south Indian drum language is en vogue. Those mind blowing fast spoken rhythms conquer the western world.
Not only percussionists but also a growing number of vocalists and instrumentalists discover this form of expression, that is still new to the western world, to get their audiences raving.
The big effect that Konnakol has on the audience is used by artists of all genres ever more and more. It is no surprise that the number of shows that have a Konnakol solo as their climax are constantly rising.
Especially for percussionists and drummers Konnakol is the ultimate chance to leave their place in the background and come to the front, to be the center of attraction.
The human voice is the main attraction for the listener. There for, nearly all hits are sung.
With a instrumental solo one will never inspire never as many listeners as with singing inserts. The human voice will remain always the attraction for the public, particularly if thereby a high speed Konnakol solo is performed.
Many musicians have already proven that they can drive the audience crazy with Konnakol. All above, R.A. Rammamani, T.A.S. Mani, John McLaughlin, Lori Cotler and many more.
The fascinating of Konnakol is, the voice does something completely different than one is used of it. That terribly fast recitation of syllables occurs in no singing style in this way. Konnakol is completely unique, not like beatboxing or scatsinging, where with the former instruments are copied, and in the later syllables are sung freely.
Konnakol has a deep rhythmic meaning. Because Konnakol is more than only a stage effect. With Konnakol you dive into in the secret of the fantastic south indian rhythmic system.
To say it with John Mc Laughlins words:
Essentially, konakkol is a marvelous system of Indian rhythm that is done without an instrument. You use your voice and your hands so you don't have to learn a percussion instrument in order to fully understand the simplicity and sophistication of Indian rhythmical traditions. It's a system I highly recommend to all my students,although I don't claim in any way to be a master of konnakol. But as I said, rhythm is really universal and if you can understand konnakol - the most superior system of learning rhythm in the world - you can understand any rhythm from any country on the planet. For example, if I have to communicate something to one of the percussion players in Remember Shakti, I can sing it to the min a rhythmical sense and vice-versa. It could be"Ta-ka ta-ka ta ta-katin day ta." You then immediately see the mathematics of it. And if you can sing a rhythm, it means you understand what it is and then it's a question of applying it to your instrument.
And that is what this DVD - course is about. To use the most effective way, to learn, to understand and to express rhythm, with Konnakol.
With this Konnakol course it is possible for every musician to dive into the secrets of South Indian rhythm and thus, to make new deep profitable experiences witch are the most musician never get.
228 minutes clenched knowledge on South Indian rhythmic now available on these DVDs .
And this you will learn in this exeptional DVD course:
The goal of this DVD course is a approx. 10 minutes stage-ripe Konnakol solo.
The way to this solo leads you across all important elements of the ingenious South Indian rhythm system.
- Ferns
Ferns are finger exercises for the South Indian percussionists, which are very fast spoken and played.
For us ferns are exercises to learn fast speaking, and therefore are of highest importance for us.
We use the individual elements of the ferns later, in different places, and in our solo.
You will learn altogether 18 impressive ferns, which you can use independently from each other to.
- Jati
Jati are basic rhythms, which are learned in small compositions. I selected the 5 most beautiful and most demanding Jati for you. The Jati alone is already nearly a small solo.
- Odd phrases
Odd phrases like 5, 7, 9 etc. - phrases. You learn 6 odd phrases, and a method to embed them into straight rhythms. Additionally you will learn the double time of these phrases to.
- Odd groups
Odd groups like 21, or 27 etc. You will learn again 6 of these groups. After these lessons you will be able to understand even complex rhythms and to develop them, because I explain the mathematics behind it also. These secrets are thought only by a few Indian teachers.
- Muktayam
Muktayam, the royal discipline.
A Muktayam is a pattern with at least two, or more parts of arbitrary length. It doesn`t follow the puls of the music, but overlays the pulse with irregular accents and finally leads to the one.
With the help of the Muktayam we will develop highly effective tension.You get 6 exciting Muktayam of different length and degree of difficulty. Of course again with the basic mathematics, so that the clever pupil, can build his own Muktayam whit a little practice.
- Korapu
Korapu is a systematically reducing pattern of several cycles.
You will learn 2 different kinds of Korapu.
- Trishyam
Trishyam is an intermediate speed in the feeling of 3 related to triplets. For this intermediate speed you will get Ferns, Jati and even also a Muktayam.
- Ardi
Ardi are effective breackes, played to indicate the end of a section. You will learn a whole lot of them, in different forms and lengths.
- Solo
In the solo we will put the learned elements together in an exciting way .
As you see, you will get a complete overview of all elements of the South Indian rhythm system.
By the way, you can use all these elements as independent applications to. If you play an instrument, you can transfer them to your instrument too.
Why is this course extraordinary?
Usually Konnakol is not taught as an independent discipline. It is always taught in connection with a percussion instrument. That means, if you want learn Konnakol in India, you must always learn a percussion instrument too. In this course you do not need to learn an additional instrument, your voice is sufficient.
Therefore, you easily will find sufficient time for practicing, because you can practice Konnakol everywhere, e.g. when listening to music at the red traffic light, in the train, in the car.
Structure of the lessons:
First the lesson is introduced by me. Afterwards I explain it in detail and finally we practice it together for several times.
Whom is this course made for?
For musician of all categories, beginners, layman, professionals of all music genres, music students, and even music teachers can profit from this DVD course.
The author:
The native tyrolean Christian Schmidhofer is member of the Karnataka College of Percussion in Bangalore for over 15 years. He successfully completed the study of the classical South Indian percussion, with the Karnatic Talavadya senior degree (Karnataka secondary Education Examination board).
Since 1989 he is concerned with mental training, and brain-fair learning. He was trained amongst others by: Josè Silva (mental training), Ken Coscia (intuition training), Elke Rickenbach (stress control).
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Four - piece DVD Konnakol - course set:
54 lessons, 230 minutes on 3 DVD.
Plus bonus CD with all 54 lessons in pdf format.
Price: 99€ = $135, - inclusive shipping as insured package, inclusive 1 bonus CD included.
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