Check Your Pulse LESSON SIX: Konnakkol bass line (Thanga riff) into VP 4/5 break

Lesson Six: Konnakkol bass line (Thanga riff) into vocal percussion break in sub 4 and sub 5, from the song Thanga.
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Check Your Pulse with Lisa Young is a series of videos designed for singers and choirs to explore rhythmic expression. There's loads of fun ways to engage with pulse and develop your sense of rhythm.

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 emerges.

Some videos relate to elements of my choral repertoire; there are short sections from Tha Thin Tha, Thulele Mama Ya, Thanga, Ah Zumbeh 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.

To download the related pdfs and other resources go to https://lisayoungmusic.com/music/chec...

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Listen to Thanga performed by Coco's Lunch on itunes or spotify