A Bass Player’s Guide to Konnakol with Michael Manring
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Summary
In this course, Michael Manring guides you through a basic understanding of Konnakol and its application on the bass guitar. This course is aimed predominantly at intermediate and advanced students.
For Western musicians who have fallen under the spell of Indian music, the teachings of Konnakol can be life changing. The technique is widely regarded as one of the most efficient ways of internalising subdivisions and unlocking new rhythmic patterns and ideas. The concepts of Konnakol can also be practiced anywhere, with or without your bass! If you’re wanting to introduce a higher degree of rhythmic understanding to your practice, this is the perfect place to start.
Topics covered in this course include:
- Understanding Konnakol as a rhythmic language
- How to apply Konnakol in a Western context
- How to better understand and internalise subdivisions
- How to use Konnakol to expand your slap bass vocabulary.
- And much, much more
