A) DRUMS OF INDIA

Tabla	Pakhawaj	Mridagam	Khol
Dholak	Dholki	Dhol	Tavil
Damru	Madal	Naal	Kanjira
Indian Tasha Drum	Ghatam	Nagara	Duff

Music and dance are a huge part of India and of Indian people. Just see any Bollywood film!   I saw this group perform last night at the Troy Music Hall with its world famous acoustics.  The expressive musicians showed their delight at the sound in the hall with happy smiles.

The audience, which was strongly Indian, experienced the tranquilizing sound of various   Indian drums from diverse ends of India featuring these classical percussionists.

An amazing fact is that there is no written music.  They know each others’ instruments  and after hours and hours of practicing, they know each  others’ playing The whole evening is a total jam session.   They are constantly communicating by looking at each other and counting  for rhythm with an unique clapping. While featuring the different drums,   they would alternate the melody and rhythm.  Pretty special and unusual.

The Sitar musician was trained by the world famous  Ravi Shanker.

I shared with my friend how totally Indian this all is. . . . the music welling up inside them and the total creativity of the process.

A few hours of a taste of India and memory of that incredible place.