Kannan Balakrishnan is an exponent of an instrument that is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in which music ensemble ?
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Kannan Balakrishnan Kannan Balakrishnan (born 26 June 1964) is a classical musician and veena exponent from Chennai, India, in the Carnatic Music genre. He is also a vocalist and exponent of the instruments Mridangam, Suddha Madhalam and the Ganjira. He is also known his work in promoting the Veena and the annual ten-day "Veena festival" organized in Chennai.
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Mridangam The Mridangam (Sanskrit: :मृदंग Kannada: :ಮೃದಂಗ Tamil: :மிருதங்கம் Malayalam: :മൃദംഗം ) is a percussion instrument from India of ancient origin. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble, and in Dhrupad, where it is known as Pakhawaj.
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Claves Claves (] , Anglicized pronunciation: ) are a percussion instrument (idiophone), consisting of a pair of short (about 20 – , thick dowels. Traditionally they are made of wood, typically rosewood, ebony or grenadilla. In modern times they are also made of fibreglass or plastics.
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Tamak' The tamak' is a stick-struck double-headed drum of the Santal people of India. The body of the drum is made from metal and shaped like a large bowl. The head of the drum is usually cowhide and 14-18 inches in diameter. The player strikes the drum with a pair of drum sticks. The Santal believe that the tamak' has special religious powers and it is often used for religious ceremonies and Santal festivals. The rhythm of the Tamak' often sets the basic metric/rhythmic pattern for Santal dances and is an essential instrument for traditional Santal music.
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Vadya Vadya (IAST: Vādya, वाद्य), also called "Vadyaka" or "Atodya", is one of the three components of "sangita" (musical performance arts), and refers to "instrumental music" in the Indian traditions. The other two components of "sangita" are "gita" (vocal music, song) and "nrtya" (dance, movement). In the general sense, "Vadya" means an instrument and the characteristic music they produce, sound or play out.
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Tumdak' The tumdak' is a hand-struck double-headed membranophone of the Santal people of India. The Santal typically use the Tumdak' in combination with the Tamah' for religious ceremonies and Santal festivals. Both drums are almost universally played by men rather than women. The body of the drum is cylindrical and made from clay. The two heads of the drum are usually cowhide, the right one being slightly smaller than the left. Like many similar Indian drums, each head has a round patch of tuning paste in the center which enhances the sound. When played for dancing, the Tumdah' player suspends the drum around his neck with a cord or leather strap. The Tumdah' falls within the larger category of double-headed hand-struck Indian drums, which have various names: Dholak, Nal, Mridangam. The player strikes the Tumdak' with full hand and fingers as required by the musical pattern. The rhythm of the Tamak' and Tumdak' set the basic metric/rhythmic pattern for Santal dances and are essential for traditional Santal music.
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Gangsa A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music. In Balinese gong kebyar styles, there are two types of gangsa typically used: the smaller, higher pitched kantilan and the larger pemade. Each instrument consists of several tuned metal bars (either iron or bronze) each placed over an individual resonator. The bars are hit with a wooden panggul, each producing a different pitch. Duration of sound intensity and sound quality factors are generally accomplished by damping the vibration of the bar with the fingers of the free hand. Balinese gong kebyar gangsas, as with other metallophones in gong kebyar ensembles, are played in neighboring pairs with interlocking, rapid-tempo parts that elaborate on the melody of a piece of music (see Kotekan); these pairs are tuned to be dissonant and create certain wavelengths of sympathetic vibrations to create a shimmering tone (see Ombak) that travels long distances. The gangsa is very similar to the old gendér and the saron.
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Karaikudi Mani Karaikudi Mani (born as Ganapathy Subramanyam on 11 September 1945 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian percussionist, primarily adept in the mridangam. He is regarded by the vast majority of Carnatic connoisseurs and aficionados as one of the greatest mridangam players ever.
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Hsaing waing The hsaing waing (Burmese: ဆိုင်းဝိုင်း , ] ; also spelt saing waing) is a traditional Burmese folk musical ensemble, consisting of a number of different gongs and drums, as well as other instruments, depending on the nature of the performance. These include the "hne" (a double reed pipe), "pat waing" (a set of 21 drums in a circle), "kyi waing" (small bronze gongs in a circular frame), "maung hsaing" (larger bronze gongs in a rectangular frame), as well as "chauk lon pat" (a set of 8 tuned drums), and "si" and "wa" (bell and clapper). For more formal and classical performances, the ensemble may be accompanied by the "saung gauk", the Burmese harp, the "pattala", a Burmese xylophone, or the piano and violin, both introduced during colonial rule. "Hsaing waing" musicians use a hemitonic and anhemitonic scale similar to the one used by Indonesian gamelan musicians.
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Thattai (instrument) The thattai is an Indian percussion instrument, belonging to the idiophone instruments family. It consists in a cane tube, in which the end has three reeds (two of them free) that produce a percussive sound when the shaft is shaken with one hand. Thattai is used as a toy or as rhythmic accompaniment instrument.
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Elathalam Elathalam, or Ilathalam (Malayalam: ഇലത്തളം), is a metallic musical instrument which resembles a miniature pair of cymbals. This instrument from Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southern India is completely made out of bronze and has two pieces in it.
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Paiban The paiban () is a clapper made from several flat pieces of hardwood or bamboo, which is used in many different forms of Chinese music. There are many different types of "paiban", and the instrument is also referred to as "bǎn" (板), "tánbǎn" (檀板, literally "sandalwood clapper"), "mùbǎn" (木板, literally "wooden clapper"), or "shūbǎn" (书板). Typical materials used for the "paiban" include "zitan" (紫檀, rosewood or red sandalwood), "hongmu" (红木), or "hualimu" (花梨木, rosewood), or bamboo, with the slats tied together loosely on one end with cord. It is held vertically by one hand and clapped together, producing a sharp clacking sound.
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Mi gyaung The mi gyaung (Burmese: မိကျောင်း ] ) or kyam (Mon: , /cam/ ; pronounced "chyam") is a crocodile-shaped fretted, plucked zither with three strings that is used as a traditional instrument in Burma. It is associated with the Mon people.
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Resonance (Madras String Quartet album) Resonance is an album by the Madras String Quartet led by violinist V.S. Narasimhan. The album consists of several compositions in Carnatic Music that are played against a background of harmonies from Western Classical Music. This album is the result of an effort to fuse Western Classical Music and Indian Classical Music. The songs are played entirely on a violin with cellos and violas providing the background.
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Yakshagana raga Yakshagana rāga (Kannada:ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ರಾಗ, pronounced as "yaksha-gaana raaga") refers to melodic modes used in yakshagana. It is based on pre-classical melodic forms that consist of a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is founded. Yakshagana rāgas have indigenous rāgas and others derived from other forms of music. Rāgas in yakshagana are closely associated with a set of melodic forms called "mattu". Yakshagana rāgas have their own "gamaka". Although yakshagana rāgas share names with rāgas in other Indian music systems, they are compositionally different, with a few exceptions. More than 80 rāgas have been identified to have survived the onslaught of popular and elite musical systems. In Yakshagana tradition, rāgas are associated with different times of the night throughout which Yakshagana is performed.
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Kaşık Havası Kaşık Havası (), Kaşık Oyunları (), Χορός κουταλιών () (Turkish and Greek, meaning "spoon rhythm" and "spoon dances", respectively, owing to the use of pairs of wooden spoons as a musical instrument) are Turkish folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region and have a varying structure of their arrangement, performance, rhythmic and melodic characteristics. They are always rendered with wooden spoons and the characteristic measure is 2/4 or 4/4. The instruments used are beast bow (later violin), baglama and clarinet, in general, they are accompanied by folk songs.
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Temple block The temple block is a percussion instrument originating in eastern Asia, where it is used in religious ceremonies.
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Hamsadhvani Hamsadhvani (meaning Sound of Swans) also spelled as "Hansadhwani", is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music). It is an "audava" rāgam (or "owdava" rāga, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a "janya" rāga of the Melakartha raga, Dheerasankarabharanam (29th) but according to Hamsadhvani's prayoga or the way it is sung it is said to be the janya of Kalyani (65th)
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Luogu Luogu (Chinese: 锣鼓; pinyin: luógǔ; literally "gongs and drums") is a Chinese percussion ensemble. It typically comprises several types of drum and several types of metal idiophone (including gongs and cymbals) and wooden idiophone (including temple blocks and Chinese claves). "Luogu" music is performed in China and wherever there are populations of Chinese people (including Taiwan, Singapore, and other parts of the world).
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Sarod The sarod (or sarode) (सरोद) is a stringed instrument of India, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments in Hindustani classical music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet, overtone-rich texture of the sitar, with sympathetic strings that give it a resonant, reverberant quality. It is a fretless instrument able to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend (glissandi), which are important in Indian music.
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Marfa (music) The "Marfa" (Urdu: مرفع‎ ) is a form of celebratory rhythmic music and dance in Hyderabad, India, among the Hyderabadi Muslims, adapted from Afro-Arab music of Hadhramawt in Yemen. played with high tempo using Marfa (instrument) "daff", "Dhol", "sticks", "steel pots" and "wooden strips" called "thapi". The Chorus effects and vocal meter are set according to beats.
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Khim The Khim (Khmer: ឃឹម "Khum";Thai: ขิม, ];) is a stringed musical instrument that is from Persia, called Hammered Dulcimer or Cimbalon. This Khim was introduced to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand from China, where a similar (though, since the late 20th century, usually larger) instrument is called "yangqin". This instrument is also known as Santur in India. It is played with two flexible bamboo sticks with soft leather at the tips to produce a soft tone. This instrument can be played by either sitting down on the floor with the khim on the floor, or by sitting on a chair or standing while the Khim is on a stand. The khim produces a bright and expressive sound when played. It is made of wood, with brass strings that are laid across the instrument. The Australian-born musician and vocal artist Lisa Gerrard specialises in the use of a khim hammered dulcimer, featuring its music on several albums and performing with the instrument live on tour.