Tavil
Tavil , also thavil, is a double-headed barrel drum that is played in South Indian folk music , at religious processions, temple festivals and in the classical music of South India . It usually accompanies the double reed instrument nadaswaram or the mukhavina , a smaller variant of this wind instrument.
Design
The body of the tavil is covered on both sides, on one side with a bass head and on the other with a strongly stretched skin. The name tavil , the design and playing style are associated with davul for the Ottoman military drum, duhul in Persia and dawula ( daula ) for a large cylinder drum in Sri Lanka .
Style of play
The bass head is hit with a stick, while the high side is played with hard finch caps at breakneck speed. Among the devotional melam ensembles that occur during temple festivals outdoors belong to Tamil Nadu next Nadaswaram and Tavil often the two-part cylindrical drum pambai and cymbals .
Outstanding virtuosos of classical music are Ramesh Shotham , V. Subramaniam and Palanivel. In Germany, Paramashivam Pillai from Madurai also made this loud drum known.
literature
- Bigamudre Chaitanya Deva: Musical Instruments. National Book Trust, New Delhi 1977, p. 40
Web links
- PS Senthilnathan and MS Thulisiparan: Thavil Kachcheri. ("Tavil concert") Youtube video