Krsna Kirtana Songs est. 2001 www.kksongs.org
Preface
Hare
Krsna!
After
studying Indian classical music for nearly eight years, Lord Krsna gave me one
interesting assignment. In January 2006, I was given the assignment of teaching
students on how to play the mridanga, or khol, drum. As honored and elated I
was in teaching a course like this, I was very nervous, as seeing what kind of
interest came from the students as well as what obstacles would arise in
teaching various aspects of the course. I had to design the course so the
material won’t be too difficult. However, I cannot water down the foundation of
learning the drums of
A
month ago, when I was given the task to teach khol again, I knew I had to
entertain two types of requests, namely to accommodate the students, as well as
the KKSongs.org viewers. I cannot simply copy and paste links on a newer page,
as this would not help our web students to the best of our abilities.
With
my Spring 2006 class, I had tape recorded each class for many reasons. I found
it useful in developing my teaching styles; it was also helpful in preparing
for future groups. Now, it is helping me prepare this webpage. The text is
paraphrased from my lecture recordings I have given for the Spring 2006 group.
I added and modified the text to suit the web audience. I hope this
presentation will help one understand and grasp the concepts of khol playing.
Hare
Krishna!
Sincerely,
Krsna
Dhenu