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mridangam
mridangam ((ə)mrɪˈdaŋam) Also m'ridang(a). [a. Sanskrit mṛidaṃga a kind of drum.] A double-headed, barrel-shaped drum, once made of clay, now usually of wood, with one head larger than the other, used in southern Indian music. Also attrib.1888 A. J. Hipkins Mus. Instruments 87 The Drum with the stri...
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Mridangam
It is widely believed that the tabla, the mridangam's Hindustani musical counterpart, was first constructed by splitting a mridangam in half. With the development of the mridangam came the tala (rhythm) system.
The mridangam has a large role in Newa music.
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Identify which instrument is string or percussion: Mridangam, Gambus
Gambus is string, Mridangam is percussion.
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Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (திருவாரூர் வைத்தியநாதன்) is a mridangam artist born 11 May 1963 in Tiruvarur, India to a family of mridangam artists. Sangeet Natal Akademi Award 2018
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1963 births
Living people
Indian male classical musicians
Mridangam players
People from Tiruvarur district
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A. V. Anand
Anand (born 16 April 1936) is a Carnatic musician and mridangam player. Anand was taught to play mridangam by ghatam player K. S. Karnataka Kalashree
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Honorary performance
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1936 births
Carnatic instrumentalists
Living people
Mridangam players
Musicians
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tabla
‖ tabla (ˈtabla) Also 9 tubla. [Hind., ad. Arab. ṭabl (see prec.).] A pair of drums used in Indian music (esp. that of the northern region), of which the left-hand (bass) head is larger than the other (tenor) head; either of these drums separately (see quot. 1969). Also absol., a tabla-player. Cf. m...
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Mavelikkara S. R. Raju
He is adept in playing the mridangam. He is the sishya (disciple) of the celebrated Mridangam maestro Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair.
His father M.N. Raghavan Pillai, was a mridangam player who played for harikathas and dramas. So right from childhood, he has had a fascination for the mridangam.
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Madras A. Kannan
Kannan was a Mridangam exponent from Tamil Nadu, India. Although he studied Veena and Carnatic music with Mridangam, he established himself only in Mridangam.
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K. P. Parameswaran
He then went to Mridangam Legend Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr T.K.Murthy for the higher studies in mridangam in 1987. He is a torch bearer of the Thanjavur style of Mridangam playing. Apart from playing he is also a good mridangam teacher.
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Trivandrum V. Surendran
Surendran is a mridangam exponent from Kerala, India. After studying mridangam for four years under the famous mridangam player Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, he became a disciple of Palghat Mani Iyer under
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Palghat R. Raghu
As a child, he was immensely talented and inducted into mridangam lessons very early in his life. He regularly conducted advanced mridangam classes for the benefit of his students and upcoming mridangam artists.
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Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
Raja Rao (born 1955) is an Indian mridangam player and Carnatic vocalist.
He received his initial training in Mridangam from his father S. Besides Mridangam, he also plays the Kanjira and Morsing.
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Kumbakonam M. Rajappa Iyer
Rajappa Iyer was a Mridangam Vidwan in the field of Carnatic music from India. Disciples
Rajappa Iyer has taught many popular Mridangam players.
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Nidumolu Sumathi
She is married to "Mridangam Maestro" Sri Dandamudi Ram Mohan Rao. At age six Sumathi started learning mridangam from her father who was a mridangam vidwan.
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Ranganayaki Ammal
Ranganayaki Ammal (28 May 1910 – 15 August 1998) was an Indian Mridangam player. Ranganayaki Ammal was a distinguished Mridangam player.
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