Mridangam Tuning

Tuning an instrument by understanding its nature, handling and maintaining it with care are essential to being a music student, be it a vocalist or an instrumentalist. This video elaborates on the intricacies of instrument tuning by demonstrating the process step by step.

Mridangam is a percussion instrument with two sides, a sharp and a base side. It is made of different animal skin making it sensitive to climatic changes, lights or AC inside an auditorium where concerts take place. A mridangam student needs to develop the ability to align with Sruti/pitch so tuning the sharp side of the mridangam becomes easier. The base side tuning requires one to understand the resonance that is created by using tools to fine tune it. Get a closer look and understanding of all these in this video created particularly for this.