Solkattu Warmup - Ken Shorley

[@DrPadmavathiBhamidipati]

Hi Ken, your teaching Solkattu is really impressive. Much appreciate learning and practicing Kanjira following your lessons

[@kenshorley]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@paulafudaa8119]

Thank you from Poland ☺

[@kenshorley]

Thank you!

[@MaxSenitt]

Yeah man! Yes!

[@raimcaor6017]

Merci beaucoup Ken !

[@kenshorley]

De rien!

[@TheSeppmichl]

thank you ken, really appreciate! greetings from the alps

[@kenshorley]

Thanks Martin!

[@dalennia6803]

Thank you from Switzerland!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks for watching!

[@danmusiceasy]

Can't wait for more videos like this. Really appreciate it. I'm trying to organize some percussion meet-ups in my city and I try to learn as much as I can to be able to share with them.

[@kenshorley]

Hi Dan! Thanks for your comment. There's another kanjira and solkattu lesson which will be live on Thursday, and I have more solkattu-oriented videos planned for the coming weeks.

[@territoriolugar5539]

Great. Please continue> Thanks from Brasil

[@kenshorley]

Thanks to you!

[@alessiocorveddu314]

Hi Ken, greetings from Italy! I have a question (and maybe an advice for future videos..) I started learning solkattu a year ago, but I'm still trying to understand how to apply to percussion (such as frame drums or bongos..), did you create a pattern phrase by phrase (and in this case, how?), or did you follow the sound of syllables and play percussions consequently?

[@kenshorley]

Hello Alessio! Because I learned solkattu at the same time that I was learning mrdangam and kanjira, the syllables matched specific drum strokes and patterns exactly. So the process of transferring some of the sequences and compositions to other percussion instruments (and many people are doing this) is very individual I expect. While I have directly adapted some South Indian compositions for frame drum, I think the most useful thing for me has been understanding and practicing the spoken phrases and rhythmic concepts themselves without worrying about adapting them note for note to a non-Carnatic drum... I hope that makes sense!