Kanjira Lesson with Solkattu (Yati Exercise) - Ken Shorley

A kanjira and solkattu lesson focusing on a Yati-inspired exercise, composed and presented by Canadian percussionist, Ken Shorley (with deep gratitude and love to Ken's guru of Carnatic rhythm and drumming, Vidwan Professor Trichy Sankaran). Enjoy!
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[@Flutedhana]

I am playing themes and variations, now yati.....Thanks for your lessons .....

[@kenshorley]

Thanks for watching!

[@janwestphal8047]

Great one again, thanks Ken!👍

[@fess04]

I loved this lesson. Thanks for sharing this information with us Ken. I've added this to my kanjira, clay pot ,and drum set routine. 🙏

[@brigitteotto9546]

Thanks for opening up all these new worlds!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks for your enthusiasm and support!

[@michaelk.relaxationmusic6850]

Thank you 🙏

[@MargaretHarmer]

Super fun! Thanks!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks, Margaret!

[@PatrickGrahamPercussion]

Wonderful as usual, Ken! So clearly demonstrated and beautifully produced.

[@kenshorley]

Thanks Patrick! Hope you're well!

[@michaw7038]

very nice sound!!

[@Ju1Ze]

Thank you Ken 👍 More More More Kanjira please 🙏😍

[@kenshorley]

Thanks for watching! I do have more kanjira videos coming so stay tuned!

[@beatricesaoula-prost9814]

Great ! Thanks so much. I’ve just received my kanjira. Just to train now...🙏

[@kenshorley]

Excellent! Happy kanjira playing!

[@dtdt-gy8ob]

👏🙏👍👍thank you。非常非常感谢，ken大师的kanjira lesson，指导的太好了，看了这么多教学视频，ken大师是指导教学的最通俗易懂的。再次感谢🙏

[@kenshorley]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad that you are enjoying the videos!

[@xavitreg]

Thank you so much for this incredible lessons! :)

[@kenshorley]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@agiosioannis5207]

Thank you so much for this introduction.

[@kenshorley]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ChrisCawthray]

right on, Ken!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks Chris! And thanks for the donation too... that means a lot!

[@murokaitaro]

Great video. KZbin needs more kanjira videos like yours!!!!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks!

[@mikefranz5354]

Ken u are such a good tteache. Very very good! Thank yu

[@bindasartstudio8406]

Great Great Great. Thanks for helping me sir ❤

[@sarant4901]

Hi im saran im from SOUTHINDIA REALLY U GIVE A FANTASTIC DETAILS

[@prasadrongala8871]

No words to say sir❤❤❤

[@kenshorley]

Thank you!

[@sarant4901]

❤❤ amzing bro.. im from india TAMILNADU❤

[@kenshorley]

Thanks!

[@NirmalaDeviG]

Thanks you.. great ..

[@kenshorley]

Thank you!

[@sjawim]

Thanks!

[@kenshorley]

You're welcome!

[@luigiluigi1652]

Great job 👍👍👍

[@kenshorley]

Thanks Luigi!

[@dtdt-gy8ob]

期待ken大师的下一期kanjira教学视频

[@sjahin]

Thanks big time Ken, super nice!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@sjahin]

@@kenshorley here some where in the mountains of Anatolia practicing your Yati! Thanks again for sharing!

[@kenshorley]

I'd love to see the Anatolian mountains one day. I've been to Turkey but only once, and I can't wait to return!

[@shohidislam6508]

Nice

[@mikefranz5354]

❤

[@ericrenick2689]

That's Great! I've recently started playing with the Kanjira and have really enjoyed it. Do you have any vids that help develop the kit ta ta ka?

[@kenshorley]

Hi Eric, glad you're enjoying the kanjira! I don't have a video specifically on the k t t k phrase, but my advice is to build up strength gradually, while trying to consciously avoid tension in your hands and forearm. If you're practicing that pattern, go slowly and lightly at first. And if you feel any tension or ache, just rest for a bit.

[@anuomao]

Thank you for what all you do, you are great!

[@kenshorley]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@penniehedge7444]

Great lesson, thanks! But I'm struggling with linking the rhythm with the Adi Tala. I'm not familiar with this way of counting except from some of your videos. Why does each beat of the Adi Tala cover 2 beats of the rhythm? Would it be okay to count it one for one - eg Kita - taka - doom - ta - - - doom - - -? Hope you can help, thanks.

[@kenshorley]

Hi Pennie. I just sent you an email with some thoughts on your question. Thanks for the comment!

[@atuljha2473]

Where can I find the metronome tempo you are using to practice it? And thank you so much for sharing this lesson

[@kenshorley]

At 7:46 I mention that the metronome tempo is 75 BPM.

[@aprilcox871]

Really useful, thanks. This may be because I'm a beginner, but I find that for the 1 finger slap I have to move my hand away from the kanjira to generate more speed to match the volume of the 3 finger slap, this unfortunately slows me down. Any tips? Just keep practising? I noticed that great players like yourself can just kind of rotate the wrist to generate the power.

[@kenshorley]

Hi April. Thanks for your comment! It's always difficult for me to see what other kanjira players are doing with that kitataka (1313) pattern because it's usually so fast! The rotation of the wrist is important for me because it brings more velocity to the fingers. I'm not able to get the sound I like by using only the momentum of the fingers. Practice certainly helps. I would recommend keeping the hands and forearms as relaxed as possible when you work on that kttk pattern. Cheers from Canada!

[@aprilcox871]

@@kenshorley hey, yeah I find relaxing the striking arm is best, it also increases the vibrations of the cymbals. So you are kind of throwing your finger at the drum with the wrist rotation? Just gotta keep practising I guess!

[@kenshorley]

@@aprilcox871 yes. to me it has almost the same feeling as flicking water off my fingers. (Maybe that's too abstract. Ha!) Actually you're giving me a good idea for a tutorial video about this!

[@MrOtisotis]

hello ken, just wondering what do you use for the tala metronome?

[@kenshorley]

Hi. I used a set of Tibetan finger cymbals for the Tala metronome - using open and closed sounds.

[@MrOtisotis]

@@kenshorley thank you sir 🙏

[@MaxSenitt]

Yes, awesome! So, the Mora is actually two times if you consider keeping the last 2 Misra phrases intact, or Mora is 3 full phrases but the last Misra phrase is cut off? Probably I am (anal)lyzing this too much! I love what you did anyways! Thanks, and Yes, More Kanjira please!

[@kenshorley]

It's not uncommon to have this type of seamless transition into the mora... It's almost like a surprise! So while I see what you mean, this would still be considered a three-time repetition of the mora phrase.