Wednesday 28 February 2018
h 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saint Louis Street of the grove, 106

Introductory workshop to Konnacol by Sanjay Kansa Banik, Indian percussionist who collaborated with Sergio Cammariere and the Piazza Vittorio Orchestra.In the Carnatic tradition, the classical musical style used in southern India, the art of vocalizing and improvising with the voice on the rhythms is called Konnakol (Bol Paran in Hindustan culture).

The percussionist, through this practice, is able to memorize extremely long and complex rhythmic cycles, real compositions which he will then be able to faithfully reproduce on the instrument, since the Konnakol uses the onomatopoeic syllables of the main Mridangam drum.

As when we talk to someone using the modulations of the voice to express our moods or to emphasize a word or a concept, in the same way we use the modulation of the voice to give a "melodic" sense to the vocalized syllables, so that the memorization results faster and more stable.

Konnacol can also be used in a Western context, in particular with percussive instruments such as Drums, Tambourine, Tar, Riq, Kanjira, Darbuka, Djambe, Cajon, Udu. Learning this method, traditional rhythmic figures and even improvisational schemes open new and interesting perspectives for the Western musician, according to the principle that "if you can sing, you can also play".