How is the mridangam tuned?
Day 11 of The Music Academy Morning Academic Conferences 2024 began with a prayer by students of the Advanced School of Carnatic Music followed by a lecture-demonstration by vidwan Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam and Valangaiman Navaneetha Krishnan on ‘A Tuned Mridangam’. Modern challenges in mridangam maintenance include declining cow skin quality and as well as using plastic fermit instead of ‘Seerutti’ rava paste for the thoppi. Carnatic music in Tamil cinema The second session of Day 11, titled ‘70mm: A Cinematic Identity’, explored the seamless interplay between Carnatic music and Tamil cinema. Mahadevan, though a disciplinarian in raga grammar, occasionally embraced cinematic liberties, as seen in ‘Unnai kaanadha kannum kannalla’, where chords brought unique colours to the composition.
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