Shree Neelotpala Naayike, in the raga Reethigowlai. A composition by Muthuswamy Dikshitar. The rendition was part of the Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan memorial concert at Naada Inbam, Chennai.
A short jati (phrase) played on the mridangam, a percussion instrument used in carnatic music of india. It is a part of a long mridangam solo. The mridangam is tuned to c#.
This excerpt demonstrates a kind of gamaka (sphuritam) in carnatic music. Description-sphuritam: starting on a svara higher than its own position and quickly descending to its position which is repeated. This particular instance is sphuritam gamaka on m svara in raaga arabhi. Sung by: vignesh ishwar.
