Check Your Pulse: LESSON FIVE with Lisa Young - 7's in cycles, riffs and improvs (misra chappu)

Check Your Pulse is a series of videos created by Lisa Young, designed for singers and choirs to explore rhythmic expression. Lesson Five explores misra chappu tala, (a cycle of 7, also thought of as 3 and a half) The phrase is given in 3 speeds and links to the riff in the song Misra Chappu. Then we hear a couple of improvised riffs in 7 with Lisa playing aslatuas or using the misra tala as a base.

Check Your Pulse videos take you thru a series of pulse explorations: konnakkol structures (Sth. Indian vocal percussion), metric modulations, internal pulse sub-divisions, and polyrhythmic activities to deepen your sense of groove and your understanding of pulse related concepts.

There's an array of material that I have developed in my creative practice and offered for many years in my workshops, choirs and lectures. Everything here is taught with an aural focus - an emphasis on how things feel - rather than using notation. Indian style or Western notation is given where relevant; you will see it on the page as part of the lesson.

I encourage you to stay in your body and experience rhythmic depth. Move, sway, stomp and clap as we explore what's going on beyond the downbeat. It's all about how we feel the internal sub-division of the pulse - that's where the rhythmic experience begins.

Some videos relate to elements of my choral repertoire; there are short sections from Tha Thin Tha, Thulele Mama Ya, Thanga, Ah Zumbeh, Misra Chappu etc... which are useful for singers learning these works, and also great stand-alone rhythmic riffs and structures for any musician to enjoy. All of the lessons were first explored in my creative practice, where as a performer/composer I have spent decades developing my sense of rhythmic pulse.

Misra Chappu song performed by Lisa Young Quartet
Misra Chappu choral song performed by The Australian Voices

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