Kerala music

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 04 Apr 2009, 08:03

will anybody explain what is sopana music, I think it is special to keralites . gobilalitha

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 06 Apr 2009, 01:13

GBL, this may address your question somewhat:
http://www.carnaticindia.com/sopanam.html

And a video clip that shows a sample of sopanam music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw8BONPKgFA
(the percussion instrument he is playing is the 'Edakka')

Also, related discussion from this forum:
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... sound.html

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 06 Apr 2009, 14:58

Lovely clip!

In this one, one can see more how the left hand is used in controlling the edakka...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIoOmmuRw3E

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 07 Apr 2009, 14:33

ragam-talam,Thank you profusely for your immediate response. I enjoyed the video clip. gobilalitha