B C Manjunath and Varijashree Venugopal @ManjunathBC

Manjunath B.C 75/16 = 1/4+1/16+2/4+2/16+3/4+3/16+4/4+4/16+5/4+5/16
Fortunate for having amazing Varijashree Venugopal in this video. I have been wanting to do a collab with VV for a long time. Trust me she got this whole thing executed in a jiffy.
Video starts off with single time Teermana by VV, then moves on to two times but alternating between me and VV. Most exciting part of video happens from 0.44 where VV starts off with reverse tala and next cycle I go into reverse tala and then we come back together to the same pattern at around 1.06 in the third cycle of three times teermana. Finally we end with Muktaya or korvai with three kinds of variations.
It has been an exciting thought process and execution doing this video where i did my part in India and VV did her part in USA. Thanks to technology and thanks to social media.
Hope you all are able to appreciate the intricacies and finess behind this video.

ENJOY 😊

updated 6 years ago

B C Manjunath and Varijashree Venugopal

Manjunath B.C 2018-09-12 | 75/16 = 1/4+1/16+2/4+2/16+3/4+3/16+4/4+4/16+5/4+5/16
Fortunate for having amazing Varijashree Venugopal in this video. I have been wanting to do a collab with VV for a long time. Trust me she got this whole thing executed in a jiffy.
Video starts off with single time Teermana by VV, then moves on to two times but alternating between me and VV. Most exciting part of video happens from 0.44 where VV starts off with reverse tala and next cycle I go into reverse tala and then we come back together to the same pattern at around 1.06 in the third cycle of three times teermana. Finally we end with Muktaya or korvai with three kinds of variations.
It has been an exciting thought process and execution doing this video where i did my part in India and VV did her part in USA. Thanks to technology and thanks to social media.
Hope you all are able to appreciate the intricacies and finess behind this video.

ENJOY 😊

Seven groupings on 7/8

Manjunath B.C 2024-10-17 | Difficult level 💯 / 💯 So proud of my boy Skanda for this #konnakol #mishrachapu #7/8 #triplet #sextuplet #skandamanjunath #bcmanjunath

CATASTROPHE KONNAKOL

Manjunath B.C 2024-10-01 | I tried this to see how catastrophic it will be when you speak. My god I can imagine how our teacher felt when all of us were talking constantly and how they felt. I FEEL FOR THEM NOW 🙏🏽 #konnakol #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #bcm #99bpm #100bpm #101bpm

Konnakol basic exercise

Manjunath B.C 2024-09-28 | #basicexercise by #fathersonduo #bcmandskanda
Tha. Kitathaka
Tha. Tha. Kitathaka
Tha. Tha. Tha. Kitathaka
Dikutharikitathaka

Thanks to @konnakkolsomashekarjois for this beautiful basic lesson which we improvised later

#konnakol #konnakkol #catnatic #karnatik #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #skandamanjunath #fathersonactivities #fathersonchallenges

POLYMRITHM

Manjunath B.C 2024-09-25 | #POLYMRITHM, I had so much fun composing for this project. Thanks Pathi for the opportunity. Friends please don’t miss the credits in the end #mridangam #konnakol #khanjira #carnatic #karnatik #polyrhythm #contemporary #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #prathapramachandra

#mishragathi #septuplets #korvai #mukthaya #konnakol #carnatic #karnatik #bcmanjunath #bcmanju

Manjunath B.C 2024-09-24 | ...

Small BPM differences are like small differences between Humans

Manjunath B.C 2024-09-11 | Just tried to play and later hear how chaotic and sometime aligned these one BPM difference grooves sound. Just like us human beings who all are same yet with a little bit of differences we have tensions, harmony, separateness, togetherness. Interesting he he
#mridangam #bpm #BCManjunath #bcmanju #bcm

KONNAKOL VIDEO GAME

Manjunath B.C 2024-09-03 | KONNAKOL VIDEO GAME
Video Game level 1/2/3
Decipher this let’s see (-:
#videogame #konnakol #karnatik #carnatic #bcmanjunath #bcmanju

RHYTHM LOVERS ✅ complex rhythm/Konnakol haters ❌

Manjunath B.C 2024-08-14 | RHYTHM LOVERS ✅ complex rhythm/Konnakol haters ❌ #Urutu #mohara #mukthaya in #khandachapu (5/8) #karnatik #carnatic #bcmanju #bcmanjunath #Konnakol

Sangita Kalanidhi PADMASHREE awardee Dr T K Murthy sir completes 100 years 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Manjunath B.C 2024-08-13 | Our dearest Dr T K Murthy sir completes 100 years today. What a life, what a journey. Truly feel blessed to be his student. The child like curiosity never fades away from his eyes. Happy Birthday sir 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 #drtkmurthy #mridangam @kmthecomposer

BODY PERCUSSION KARNATIK KORVAI

Manjunath B.C 2024-07-27 | ...

FATHER SON MRIDANGAM GHATAM DUET

Manjunath B.C 2024-07-17 | KORAIPPU WITH SKANDA What a joy to play a concert with family. Sincere thanks to @amith_nadig for inviting me and allowing my son Skanda to play along with him and his students.
Heartfelt Gratitude to Skanda’s guru Sukkanya Ramagopal madam for teaching him not just Ghatam but also the discipline that requires in any art form. Special shoutout to Samarth, Tejas, Jagriti theatre, Rebecca and all the staff and last but not least, amazing audience who did sacrifice their Sunday morning comforts to come and support us. #mridangam #ghatam #flute #karnatik #carnatic #instrumental #amithnadig #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #skandamanjunath

Rhythm Fun Konnakol

Manjunath B.C 2024-07-02 | #Rhythms #karnatikrhythms #konnakol #konnakkol #trikalamukthaya #mukthaya #korvai #bcmanjunath #bcmanju yesssssss

HAPPY WORLD MUSIC DAY from B C Manjunath and Skanda Manjunath

Manjunath B.C 2024-06-21 | #happyworldmusicday A #konnakol piece in 23/16th Thanks to the #almighty for making us #musicians It was so much fun to do this (-: Hope you guys like this ❤️🙏🏽 #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #skandamanjunath #carnatic #karnatik #rhythms #southindianrhythms

Mridangam Lehera Rupak Tanjore sollu

Manjunath B.C 2024-06-15 | #Tanjore #Sollu on #Lehera in #Rupak or #Trishratriputa on #mridangam by #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #carnatic #karnatik #rhythms #southindianmusic

Mishrachapu Trikala Korvai

Manjunath B.C 2024-05-21 | #Trikala #Mishrachapu #korvai #konnakol #mridangam #7/8 #16ths #triplets #octuplets

MANY RHYTHMIC CYCLES IN ONE CYCLE

Manjunath B.C 2024-04-18 | WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MUSIC SYSYEM WE HAVE ❤️
This was super duper fun to do with my lovely dear son #skandamanjunath
This #tala goes like this, One cycle equals to
9/16 X 4 = 36/16
6/16 X 6 = 36/16
4/16 X 9 = 36/16
3/16 X 9 = 36/16
2/16 X 18 = 36/16
1/16 X 36 = 36/16

Hope you all like this!

#tala #complexrhythms #complexcycles #bcmanjunath #bcmanju #karnatik #carnatic #rhythms #konnakol #konagolu #konnakkol (-:

Happy Ugadi to you all

Manjunath B.C 2024-04-09 | Happy Ugadi to all!

It is new year for us. The main prayer is to pray for the difficulties and Comforts to come in equal proportions throughout this year and coming years.

Similar to this philosophy is the way I have played here, Half mistakes and half no mistakes. My prayer to you all is to take my equal proportions of mistakes and right things with whole heart like you have always done.

Respects and love to all of you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

#mridangam #khanda #quintuplets #karnatik #carnatic #rhythms

Do you think this is crazy? 🤪🤯 #bcmanjunath #konnakol

Manjunath B.C 2024-04-05 | ...

CRACK VOICE CRACK HEAD

Manjunath B.C 2024-03-31 | CRACK VOICE CRACK HEAD Just for fun (-: ChathurashraThrishraKhandaMishraSankeerna #konnakol #karnatik #carnatic #bcmanjunath #bcmanju

I had a #Dream, Dream in a Dream, Dream in a Dream in a Dream, #Matrix #Inception

Manjunath B.C 2024-03-01 | ...

Sangeetha Kalanidhi Padmashree Awardee Dr T K Murthy sir’s Speech 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Manjunath B.C 2024-02-28 | Om Sri Gurubhyoh Namaha

Sangeetha Kalanidhi Padmashree Awardee Dr T K Murthy sir’s Speech 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Listen to one of the oldest performing musicians today on planet earth blessing all of us and speaking withth so much of love. He will be 100 years old in August 2024.

For people who understand Tamil Language only. Language in the video is Tamizh, other language speakers can see his aura and magnanimity when he graces the stage and speaks.

This video is an excerpt of the centenary celebration function which happened on January 26th 2024 at Pathi Sabhangana, Bangalore. The function was held under the banner os Sri Mookambika Talavadya Sangeetha Kalashale.

#Drtkm100 #Drtkmurthy #centenarycelebrations #mrudangam #Mridangam #Konnakol #carnaticmusic #karnatikmusic

Polyrhythm with 3 against 😎

Manjunath B.C 2024-02-22 | THREE AGAINST EVEN AND ODDS

#mridangam #karnatic #polyrhythm #carnaticrhythms #Carnatic

MOHARA AND MUKTHAYA ON MRIDANGAM AND KONNAKOL IN THRISHRA OR TRIPLETS

Manjunath B.C 2024-02-16 | #MOHARA and #MUKTHAYA on #Mridangam and #konnakol in #thrishra or #triplets #bcmanjunath #groovy #solkattu #aditala #bcmanju #manjubc #carnatic #karnatik #southindianrhythms

SIXTEENTHS/21:4/SEPTUPLETS/21:2 Mridangam and Konnakol

Manjunath B.C 2024-02-06 | SIXTEENTHS/21:4/SEPTUPLETS/21:2
This one was fun to compose and perform. #korvai #konnakol #superimposition #gathinadebhedam #mridangam #carnatic #karnatik

KONNAKOL SEVA TO JAI SHRI RAM 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Manjunath B.C 2024-01-20 | #RAM #SHRIRAM #JAISHRIRAM Our small RHYTHMIC HYMN for Lord Rama as we prepare ourselves to see his Prathistapana at the sacred Ayodhya Temple on the 22nd January 2024. One of the best days of my life. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

🚩 𝐉𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐈 𝐑𝐀𝐌 🚩

#ayodhya #ayodhyarammandir #jaishreeram #shreeram #shriram #konnakkol #konnakol #karnatikrhythms #rhythms #feelingblessed

FIBONACCI 2.0 PINGALA TALA

Manjunath B.C 2024-01-02 | FIBONACCI 2.0 PINGALA TALA 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 and so on

Wow the feeling of doing this with my son Skanda Manjunath is simply awesome. We might have taken at least 40 takes before we could achieve this. Pffffffffff this one was hard 😂😂😂😂

Fibonacci is an infinite sequence of numbers where the number is determined by adding 2 previous numbers. Acharya Pingala was said to have introduced this number system much before Fibonacci was given to this world. Pingala explains this number sequence in his work Matrameru.

Here we have used just 8 first numbers from the series and have stopped at 21 for the practical convenience.

I hope you all like this sincere efforts of my son and myself 🙏🏽

#Fibonacci #Pingala #konnakol #tala #sequence #carnatic #karnatik #rhythms #bcmanju #bcmanjunath #skandamanjunath

Displaced Quintuplets - KONNAKKOL - Karnatik Music

Manjunath B.C 2023-12-10 | Displaced Khanda Gathi 🥰🥰 #khandagathi #quintuplets #bcmanjunath #konnakol #konnakkol #karnatik #carnatic

ABSOLUTELY NON GROOVY RHYTHMIC KONNAKOL

Manjunath B.C 2023-11-14 | ABSOLUTELY NON GROOVY : Look other way 😂😂😂 IF YOU ARE NOT A RHYTHM BUFF YOU WONT ENJOY THIS, sincere apologies

It was a casual take and we were just fooling around and it just fell into place and voila we are dressed shabbily here 😂😂😂
Didn’t want to take another chance of recording again (-:

Happy Deepawali and Happy Children’s Day

This is the first time I make my boy Skanda Manjunath do something which is super abstract.

#bcmanjunath #skandamanjunath #konnakol #complexrhythm #carnatic #karnatik

MALLARI EXTREMELY HARD KONNAKOL

Manjunath B.C 2023-09-25 | DIFFICULTY LEVEL : EXTREMELY HARD

Good luck if you want to try 😂😂😂😂

MALLARI :
Rhythmic cycle : 1 X Aditala + 3 X Mishrachapu
(1 X 8/4 + 3 X 7/8)

Please watch only if you are a complex rhythm enthusiast.

#complexrhythm #konnakol #mallari #bcmanjunath #karnatik #carnatic #bcmanju

Tough Cookie inside Terra INCOGNITA featuring Mattias IA Eklundh Yogev Gabay and B C Manjunath

Manjunath B.C 2023-09-22 | What a beautiful compositional arrangement on my piece “tough cookie* by Mattias IA Eklundh and fantastic Visual representation by Yogev Gabay. This is the middle section of this amazing piece TERRA INCOGNITA

Now I feel my composition has some value as it was just a skeleton. Mattias and Yogev gave it life 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

What beautiful beings are these two. Can’t wait to meet them and make some more compositions together.

More power to your health and art my friends. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

#mattiaseklundh #yogevgabay #bcmanjunath #progressive #guitar #freakguitarcamp #drums #konnakol #mridangam

KAMAALI DHATHAKATHUNGA GINTI CHAKRADHAAR

Manjunath B.C 2023-07-30 | KAMAALI DHATHAKATHUNGA GINTI CHAKRADHAAR

This composition has been inspired by me working with Kathak for many years now. This is no way near to being authentic. Just a try. Please pardon my not aligning with lehera so well. I tried tried and cried. Didn't happen really, Anyways just putting it out.

Hope you all like it!

#kathak #padanth #bols #kamaalichakradhar #dhathakathunga #ginti #BCManjunath #Konnakkol #konnakol

Small rhythmic piece from #Xenos

Manjunath B.C 2023-07-22 | A small rhythmic piece from the epic creation #XENOS by one and only @akramkhancompany

It is so random, I was very very scared to play this and somehow managed for so many years 😂😂😂

#BCManjunath #mridangam #akramkhan #Konnakkol

Korvai in Italian Summer

Manjunath B.C 2023-06-17 | Such a beautiful Summer weather in #zagarolo #Italy

Mukthaya in 4 per beat, 6 per beat and 8 per beat (-:

Tha.Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Thom.Nam.Thakita
Nam.Thakita
Tha... Dhi... GI... Na... Thom...

Tha.Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Thom.Nam.Thakita
Tha.. Dhi.. GI.. Na.. Thom..

Tha.Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Tha. Dhi. GI. Na. Thom.

Tha.Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
ThaDhiGINaThom

Tha.Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
ThaDhiGINaThom
ThaDhiGINaThom

Tha.Dhi.Thom.Nam.Thakita
Triplets
(ThaDhiGINaThom
ThaDhiGINaThom
ThaDhiGINaThom)

#KONNAKOL #carnaticrhythms #Carnatic #karnatic #tala #aditala #Chathurashra #Trishra #BCManjunath

INCARNATION with Jordan Rudess, Mahesh Raghvan, Elijah woods, Mohini Dey and B C Manjunath

Manjunath B.C 2023-06-07 | So honored to be part of INCARNATION written by @jcrudess

Really excited to share “Incarnation.” A wonderful East meets west collaboration. Incarnation was written by Jordan Rudess and produced with @followingmahesh . This amazing lineup features Jordan Rudess, Mahesh Raghvan, BC Manjunath, @dey_bass and @elijahwoodsmusic

#konnakol #mridangam #keys #bass #drums #ipad #jordanrudess #maheshraghvan #mohinidey #bcmanjunath #elijahwoods

SANKEERNA OR NONUPLETS KONNAKOL

Manjunath B.C 2023-06-05 | Posting after a long long time (-:

#Sankeerna #Nonuplets #konnakol #konnakkol #konagolu #Carnatic #Karnatik #rhythms #indianrhythms #bcmanjunath

B C Manjunath Mridangam

Manjunath B.C 2023-05-13 | Thank you @lenscraft.photography for this capture from Ananya Sangeethotsava concert with @k_j_d_violin @ilas_musings and @pranavdath

#violin #mridangam #morsing #carnaticrhythms #karnatic

International Rhythm Course at Utrecht from July 10- July 15 2023 (-:

Manjunath B.C 2023-05-09 | We are back again. Ever wondered what happens at International Rhythm course in July every year at Utrecht.

Here is a small glimpse of some things that we do. It is fun, intense, light, concentrated, playful with these amazing colleagues of mine

Ned McGowan Mysore Manjunath Kristina Fuchs

Happening from 10-15 July 2023. Link here (-:

https://www.rhythm.international/

#rhythm #konnakol #violin #flute #vocal #mridangam #utrecht #netherlands #BCManjunath #mysoremanjunath #nedmcgown #kristinafuchs #hku

PRIMALITY - Mattias Eklundh and B C Manjunath in conversation

Manjunath B.C 2023-05-06 | How did PRIMALITY happen. Have a look at this as we chat away our experiences and collaboration process. Maybe you find it interesting and motivating! Who knows!!!

Thanks dear @mattias_ia_eklundh again 🙏🙏🙏🙏

#PRIMALITY #BCManjunath #mattiaseklundh #Guitar #mridangam #Konnakkol #music #india #sweden

KONNAKOL TO BODY RHYTYM

Manjunath B.C 2023-05-03 | Konnakol to Body rhythm

THREE DAYS #MASTERCLASS AT BRUXELLES, BELGIUM

Small snippet from the konnakol application to Body rhythms by this genius @lydie_thonnard who also was kind enough to organise this Masterclass.

Ooh what an amazing experience with these master artistes who came to do the konnakol workshop with me.

From the background that I come from, I am used to submit to my Gurus and Elders when it comes to learning. I often forget to do the same with my contemporaries and younger generation. It was so clear and evident and humbling to see that every artiste who are masters in their own right came from allover and submitted themselves without questioning my guidance for three days. They just trusted and we all handheld each other and walked together.

I ma truly defeated and submitted to every teacher in my life who can come from all age groups and from everywhere 🙏🙏🙏

#konnakol #musicians #artistes #karnatic #carnaticrhythms #BCManjunath #bcmnaju

B C MANJUNATH / MATTIAS IA EKLUNDH PRIMALITY

Manjunath B.C 2023-04-29 | PRIMALITY

Woah! What a composition, what a journey with my dear amazing brother Mattias IA Eklundh

I HAD to reach out to this musician who is also human, strangely. Then he replied!!!! Already a successful story. Then started to conversation of how much we love and respect each others music.

Uniquely Mattias's music though complex, can groove and makes our body move. Something not easy to comprehend. I requested if we could collaborate and in next two days there was a proposal with a composition in my inbox. I could not believe this man's efficiency and hard working nature.

Slowly I started deciphering the piece, piece by piece and few zoom meetings with Mattias really helped.

Went to Layadigi studios to my friend Pramath Kiran and boy he is a beast. Just made sure it sounded to my best and we sent the audio video files to dear Mattias. My job was done. Haha

Then or dear Mattias worked in both audio and video for at least 10-12 hours before teaching this amazing output.

What can I say? My dear friend you are the best. Thanks with a big smile on my face is what I can say as of now.

Love this

#groove #mridangam # guitar #composition
#ComplexRhythms #djent #mattiaseklundh #BCManjunath #Konnakkol #KONNAKOL

his words

Primality

Sometimes the internet can be a wonderful thing. On March 8th I received a message on Instagram that blew yours truly right off the chair. The absolutely fantastic B.C. Manjunath, whom I had adored and respected for years, wrote to me and said he... was an admirer of my work (!) Needless to say, I went bananas and bombarded master B.C. Manjunath (or Manju as I now call him) with praise and love for his tremendous understanding of time. Manju is so next level it hurts.

What followed was a whole lot of brotherly writing and Zoom meetings. Manju really wanted to do a collaboration of some sorts. He didn't have to ask twice.I felt so extremely honored as I was tweaking the audio and chopping the footage, hour by hour, and I still have to pinch myself in the arm. This really happened. And tomorrow you can hear and see it too. Hope you'll like it.

IA

Korvai and Staff Notation

Manjunath B.C 2023-04-25 | Thank you so much @martacamon for this superb Transcription. 🙏🙏🙏

#korvai #mukthaya #staffnotation #BCManjunath #bcmanju #konnakkol #KONNAKOL

SANKEERNACHAPU Father Mridangam Son Konnakol

Manjunath B.C 2023-04-14 | #sankeernachapu OR #9/8

Small #layavinyasa by B C Manjunath and Skanda Manjunath. Father Son Goals

Pardon us for some mistakes. 🙏🙏🙏

#BCManjunath #skandamanjunath #Konnakkol #konnakkol #KONNAKOL #mridangam #tala #talavada #carnaticrhythms #karnatic #fathersongoals

#khanda excerpt of my KONNAKOL solo @ the swarnabhoomiacademyofmusic Thanks for having me over (-:

Manjunath B.C 2023-03-20 | ...

Phenomenal Saraflamenco Couldnt resist and did this cover. #flamenco #Konnakkol #dance #music

Manjunath B.C 2023-03-15 | ...

DECIPHER AND SAY THIS 😉Rhythm challenge#decipher #rhythmchallenge #konnakol #timetrainer #metronome

Manjunath B.C 2023-03-14 | ...

Same Phrase in 16/4 12/4 8/4 6/4 4/4 3/4 2/4 and 3/8 8th note gap in bet them. #konnakol #konnakkol

Manjunath B.C 2023-03-07 | ...

#carolinareaper Response video to @ramanabalachandhran s #redchilli video.I hope u like it! (-:🔥🔥🔥

Manjunath B.C 2023-02-06 | ...

Konnakol Duet by B C Manjunath and Pramath Kiran

Manjunath B.C 2023-01-16 | #konnakolduet by @bcmanju and @pramathkiran at #srisathyasaigrama #muddenahalli during our beautiful concert with #mysoremanjunath #nedmcgowan #federicacolangelo #jokekegel #daveobrien #kouroshkanani #jessebrouwer #manuel #chistophertrapani

Seeking blessings of #Swamimadhusuan Sai 🙏🙏🙏 and huge thanks to Dr Mysore Manjunath sir for this opportunity 🙏🙏🙏

#Konnakkol #konnakolrhythm #BCManjunath #bcmanju

BRAHMA MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Manjunath B.C 2023-01-15 | Happy Sankranti dear friends. Presenting a special Korappu and Muktaya in Rupaka Tala by BRAHMA. Please listen and bless us 🙏

B C Manjunath
Amith Nadig
Khanjira Guruprasanna G
Konnakkol SomaShekhar Jois
#brahma #bcmanjunath #amithnadig #guruprasanna #konnakkolsomashekarjois #indianmusic #flute #mrudangam #khanjira #konnakkol #friendship #respect #love

Konnakol Tough Cookie

Manjunath B.C 2023-01-04 | TOUGH COOKIE, TRY IT TO BELIEVE IT 😱😱😱😭😭😭🤕🤕🤕

#toughcookie #konnakol #tryittobelieveit #carnatic #sollu #jathi #karnatik #rhythms