Mridanga Lessons Pt. 1

[@RichardMohabeer]

these lessons ARE GREAT I PRACTICE MY MRIDANGA WEEKLY AND THESE LESSONS ARE GOOD TO LEARN AND PLAY ALONG

[@EthosAnanda]

Outstanding teacher! Can't wait to learn all of your lessons

[@abhijitb1]

The sanskrit word "mridanga" is derived from "mrid" (clay) and "anga" (limb). It means "limb of clay." Technically, then, any clay-bodied drum could be called a mridanga. However, in Bengal, the original word for the khol has always been "mridanga," and the south Indian drum is often differentiated by calling it a "mridangam" (note the 'm' at the end).

[@villafoo]

Thank you prabhu 🙏🏼 I just got my first Mridangam and this was a great first lesson to get me started.

[@mrinalinigallardo2314]

Jay Nitay prabhu!!!!!!! gracias.... desde venezuela... todas las glorias a srila Prabhupada...

[@tonivillalobos8587]

Verygood techer ,,from Spain ,,💜🌟🌟🌟

[@SaurabhSingh-hl3wc]

Hare Krishna prbhu ji

[@RajinderRandev-j5d]

Hare krishna prabu g .from Toronto

[@abhijitb1]

Yes, you can play this at double the speed and use it in "double time." Or, you can learn a somewhat different (perhaps simpler) version in Lesson #6.

[@archanatalukdar7829]

3rd class

[@rajasarapi8082]

Thank you very much, never too late to learn properly. AGTSP.

[@MikeAddison93]

Hare Krisna! Hari Bol :D

[@ruslannarushevich_official6631]

Perfect teacher! Thank You, Abhijit prabhu

[@tulasideviful]

Abhijit - what a lovely auspicious name!

[@kirtanpremiess4747]

Hare krsna prji

[@albertomartinez8198]

Haribol Prabhu!

[@bhaktadani]

thenk you Prabhu! Your videos are very easy to understend.

[@milano108]

Awesome...you are the best

[@nehagupta1002]

Prabhu my son is learning from you a lot...

[@milano108]

You r the best

[@Gourish_]

0:01

[@KaviSivyer]

Really helpful!! thanks so much :D Haribolo

[@Serge_Korr_Music]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@kirtanpremiess4747]

Plss make videos on fillers and variations of mridanga

[@IndyInAsiaPacific]

Superior Pedagogy🎯

[@egsankar]

HARE Krishna Abhijit Prabhu...I learnt a lot from your videos...keep post as much as possible...thank u Abhijit guru ji.

[@abhijitb1]

@panyvinito Practice this for at least 4 hours. Break it up over a week by doing 15-20 minutes at a time.

[@abhijitb1]

Yes, there is a big difference between the two. A pakhawaj is much larger and played very differently (more classical fashion). It is probably much harder to learn pakhawaj because (1) there are very few people who can teach you and (2) because it's just generally more complex.

[@hideseen6198]

I want tolearn mridango and u r my guru! hare krishna probhu...............

[@gourbiswas8776]

very nice and helpful lessons

[@dibakardas8732]

Nice sir. Its really helpfull to us

[@ShaktipatSeer2]

AHH I have to buy one now .. thanks for this vid :)

[@davender55]

@merupu2erupu I think the difference is in the material. The southern mridanga are made from the trunk of the jackfruit tree which gives it a hollow wooden sound. The ISKCON ones originally were from eastern India, and are made of baked clay giving it more sharp sound. I got the fiberglass body one and would give it the lowest rating for sound quality.

[@abhijitb1]

@FrankMustaine Yes, both heads should have many fine cracks running through them. Actually, the higher the density of cracks (the smaller they are), the better it will sound.

[@swapnafitnesslover5736]

Super...

[@abhijitb1]

@2323Aguilar Big differences. Clay typically has much better sound quality. Fiberglass is much more sturdy.

[@ngothyeaun]

Hare Krishna! Thank You so much for this lesson! I am totally new to mrdanga and this will help me understand more. I just curious how to add in the mantra when playing, what I meant is when suppose we should sing when play this tune. Once again THANK YOU, please make more!

[@vrindaduartetarologa3025]

Jay pranams

[@joseeduardohernandezjuarez4720]

Hare krishna saludos desde iskcon mexico...

[@jonnywas9641]

🙏🏼

[@astroprema-neuroastrologia]

Excellent thank you!!

[@AlexMontefusco]

the best! :)

[@bobsansmal]

Wonderful lessons. Thank you so much for sharing them with us :-) I wonder if you can recommend any good books that might complement these lessons.

[@opus88888]

Muy buen video I watched, although I do not have mridanga

[@santanuray4778]

Fine teaching

[@freisein6554]

Hare Krsna

[@tristaobh]

Haribol!!!!

[@utshab007]

Prabhu first i wanna thank you. And Prabhu can you please do a kartal lesson series too? It'll be very helpful! Didn't find a proper kartal lesson on the net. I've started to learn mridanga from your videos. Prabhu a lot of thanks to you for these lessons! May Govinda bless you always.

[@santanuray4778]

Fine teaching

[@haribhajandas5739]

Your awesome man

[@imadedarmayasa8127]

Preu

[@2323Aguilar]

Hi, I am looking at purchasing a mridanga and was curious to know what differences it makes as to if I purchase a fiberglass or clay one, your video is wonderful, thank you for the inspiration!

[@niladrichowdhury4129]

Mason Aguilar Clay is better for the traditional melodious sound

[@tarakbagdi7206]

Thanks 🧡🧡🧡

[@Ampliarlimites]

Haribol !

[@cukerky]

thank you Abhijit!

[@panyvinito]

@abhijitb1 Thank you! I will! :)

[@panyvinito]

How many hours should one practice the first rhythm in this first video before moving to the next one?

[@kessenbudhoo8095]

Hi, don't see any new post on Mridanga from Abhijit. Do you have a new you tube channel. Have been going through your lessons but the latest one is 9 years back.

[@abhijitb1]

No, I haven't posted in a while

[@kessenbudhoo8095]

@@abhijitb1 Thank you for your reply. If you offer online mridanga classes, I would be happy to join. I am from Mauritius.

[@FrankMustaine]

hello abhijit, thanks for your lessons. I´m from argentina. I bhought a new mridanga (equal to yours-made in india) I wanted to know if it´s normal that the surface of the left head (the bigger one) has like many thin lines crossing each other (ressembling like earth in which rain didn´t came on it for too long, and begins to brake in peaces) it isn´t broken, but it has those similar lines all over. thank you for reading.

[@ngothyeaun]

hare krishna prabhu, i have a question can this play when double beat time? do u have double beat mantra? hare krishna!

[@whoddaya]

Hare Krsna. For reasons, I wish to learn the flute, manjira and the tabla. Does ISKCON offer classes for these too?

[@abhijitb1]

All of my lessons are currently available mainly via KZbin. Please go to my channel by clicking on my username above (abhijitb1).

[@abhijitb1]

The next video has an example of how to sing while playing.

[@peekay-shyamprag9473]

Hare Krishna prabhu. I was watching one of madhava prabhu's mrdanga videos and came across one in which he says a short mantra before playing the mrdanga. i could not quite catch what he was saying and was wondering if you knew it? your reply would be much appreciated. ys.

[@anikparial6516]

Joy Sree Krishna ❤❤❤

[@abhijitb1]

Mridangas and Dholaks sound different. Also, the dholak's heads have larger sizes than mridangas, and they have no gab (black stuff) on them.

[@vipin7566]

Hare Krishna prabhu ji dandvat pranam I really need your help. I have a Balram Mridanga but the Sliding Ghe sound not works, i mean to say "Gin taal" (woomp sound) and duggi doesn't work in my mridanga.

[@calmoncommandk9781]

Hello! Which material of mridunga has the best sound quality? Ceramic or Brass?

[@krishnaized584]

Hare Krishna Prabhu, It's "ta khe ta khe ghe" or "ta khe ta ghe ghe" ?

[@abhijitb1]

The 2nd one.

[@krishnaized584]

​@@abhijitb1 thank you 🙏

[@এসোঅংকশিখি-চ৫ট]

Hare Krishna ....... Hlw sir .... pls tell me how i get full package of learning mridanga (by you) ....help me

[@dhrubajyotipathak3346]

Thank you brother

[@rekhac69]

Hari Bol Prabhu. All glories to Guru-Gauranga. I would love to learn to play mrdanga but I'm not sure if we ladies are allowed to do so. Please can you tell me as I want to buy one and start learning

[@nandinivilleneuve1]

Of course you can play mrdanga

[@priyadbyramsur6943]

go to a temple and buy one there ask them and buy one

[@albertrosetta6043]

Rekha Choonilal

[@albertrosetta6043]

Nandini Villeneuve you spelt the instrument wrong

[@dpinvogue]

Hi Harijitji, Just to clarify, is there a difference between a mrdangam and a pakhawaj? and what are the differences? Are they played in a similar fashion?

[@zappamannn]

Thank You!

[@mohanparameswaran5824]

is there a midi patch for Karnatik music (all instruments, including percussion) cuz both my mridangams broke . my claws get tired playing mridangam and tabla? i can't afford food so I have to perform on the street for money. (in my language (Thamil) it's called taking pichè (edithing pichè)) i think it means collecting rags in English.

[@UmeshBx]

What's the difference between a Mridanga and a Dholak??

[@niladrichowdhury4129]

Umesh Bx Dholak is North Indian. Mridanga is East Indian. Mridangam is South Indian

[@JagannathFood]

nice

[@abhijitb1]

@filspirit Haribol et bienvenue!

[@pillaysenthuran]

hare Krsna, thank u:-)

[@IvanovKiril]

Am I the only one who notices the incredible similarity between Abhijit Prabhu in these videos and Namarasa from the Namarasa Podcast? There must be something behind that, I wonder...

[@akhiljoban]

Actually, this instrument is called a Khol. Mridanga or Mridangam is a carnatic instrument. A Khol is a bengali folk instrument brought by srila Prabhupadaji since he and Chaitanya Prabhu were Bengali.

[@niladrichowdhury4129]

omsatya Khol is also called Mridanga in Bengal and Odisha. It's a traditional instrument and highly respected by Vaishnavas

[@jithsree3]

How can you call this a mrudangam? It's not

[@abhijitb1]

Check the title of the video. It's not mrudangam lessons, it's mridanga lessons.

[@abhijitb1]

@@jithsree3 hey bro, do me a favor and read the first sentence of the Wikipedia entry for khol

[@jithsree3]

@@abhijitb1 that's enlightening... Sorry bro.. my bad. In our side mrudangam is something different. The right side is bigger in diameter and the sound is entirely different.. anyway.. thanks for the info

[@SpectrumRMX]

Radha, Kavi?

[@abhijitb1]

While I'm sure that a few people offer lessons in these instruments, I don't know anyone personally.

[@SunilPatil-ou5rr]

Vaaaaaa

[@KrishnaYadav-jt1kb]

👍

[@lapetiterenard]

JAI!!

[@geenom78]

can u send me mrudangam ill pay

[@sidharthk821]

I think there are so many difference between south Indian and North Indian stroke styles.

[@abhijitb1]

@Gauraonline I did not have Bablu as a teacher, if that is what you mean...

[@nadrajagk641]

fyi this is not mridhangam. this is called khol. it's a north indian classical music instrument.

[@sektor8official]

+nadraja gopal no its not, i play maridanga more than you on this earth in your current boddy

[@Suji420]

Different names but its the exact same thing.

[@coolshava]

mridanga and mridangam are two separate instruments. The instrument he is playing is the mrdanga, and yes, it is also called khol or Sri Khol. The south indian mridangam was originally based off of the bengali mrdanga, the source of the word originally meaning clay body (mrid-earthen, anga-body) but the south indian drum later moved to being made of wood but still kept the name. So if you really want to get technical, the instrument Abhijit prabhu is playing is the original mrdanga.

[@RaynFemaleProducer]

Well spoken.

[@sektor8official]

Hare krishna prahbu, any way i could contact you in private?

[@marathikalapremi]

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[@ruslannarushevich_official6631]

Respectful obeisances to your parents!

[@archanatalukdar7829]

Abe ghe me ungliya bandh rahti he

[@shivam-pathak]

that is actually a khol not a mridangam

[@abhijitb1]

You're right it is not a mridangam, it's a mridanga. Another name is khol.

[@shivam-pathak]

@@abhijitb1oh ok did not know that, thanks for sharing info

[@Jnanottama]

This isn't mridhangham

[@akumarmalai]

u r smarter than everyone?

[@niladrichowdhury4129]

This is called Mridanga or Khol popular in Odisha and Bengal

[@abhilashforyou116]

g

[@suswaramusic2018]

That is not mridangam,its pakhwaj

[@monimostimonimosti4040]

apni Bangla bolle balohoto

[@vidurann2389]

This is not a mridangam

[@abhijitb1]

You're right. It's a mridanga.

[@EthosAnanda]

@@abhijitb1 haha!

[@utshab007]

Prabhu first i wanna thank you. And Prabhu can you please do a kartal lesson series too? It'll be very helpful! Didn't find a proper kartal lesson on the net. I've started to learn mridanga from your videos. Prabhu a lot of thanks to you for these lessons! May Govinda bless you always.