Mṛdaṅga Lesson and Practice

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972

Chapters

Inquiry about mridanga language

Indian Guest: What is the language?

Devotee: The mantra [indistinct] the drum [indistinct]. Can you write it down for me.

Recitation of drum mantras

Prabhupāda: Tick tacka tina.

Devotee: Tik?

Prabhupāda: Tick tacka tina.

Devotee: Tota kina?

Devotee (2): Drik tata kina. Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I think I will do a mṛdaṅga lesson tape.

Planning mridanga lesson recordings

Prabhupāda: Tick tacka tina. Tick tacka tina... Tick tacka tina Tick tacka tina.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Dhik? d h?

Prabhupāda: Tick tacka tina. Tick tacka tina. Tick tacka tina. Tick tacka tina. Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I have a...I’m going to make up a mṛdaṅga lesson tape.

Reviewing existing mridanga audio

We have already recorded one mṛdaṅga lesson and all of the recordings that you have made where you just play mṛdaṅga alone. Well I have those and I can just put those recordings with no music just mṛdaṅga.

No simply mṛdaṅga [indistinct] Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Yea, then they practise and listen. Let’s see what I have. [end]