Tabletop Drummer

Drumming on tabletops and for that reason, on any hard surface of wood have been my occupation since child hood and it has tempered my hands a lot. I presume that this is the way they teach the traditional drum known as Mridanga in the Carnatic musical tradition of South India. So as a drummer I am as confident as any amateur can be. The best way to learn drumming is to teach the rhythm to your fingers so that they fall in the right place in the nick of the moment. Here listen to samples of the popular Indian rhythms sounded on a computer table top.

"Four Four", the complete, typically western rhythm

http://youtu.be/LHk1uqfsWns

"Three Four": The rhythm of Waltz

http://youtu.be/IM5BIIgnkwI

"Four Eight:, the rhythm that rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onv-V2LWc8s

"Five Eight", the typically Indian, sways to the Cosmic Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYrhVNsntXo

"Six Eight", the rustic dance rhythm, common to various folk music and ethnic and tribal music in India, it appears to be a very natural rhythm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQiIQLXI2aI

"Six Four", the dirge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXVylC0pCs

"Nine Eight", typical celebration music, to the sound of large kettle drums

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPV1bm9KhzE

"Seven Eight", the prayerful rhythm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP0nvMzDUXQ

percussively yours...