The Rare Tune on the Banks of Tungabhadra
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hello everyone i am ankurdinger from
ponda
and i am here to tell you about this
very unique and lesser known instrument
called the mouth heart join me on this
journey of exploring this crazy
instrument
and which sound intrigued me 10 years
ago on the bank of riverton padra
i was strolling on the bank of riverton
badr on a fine evening when i heard this
very mysteriously mellow
yet a dark sound the moment i heard that
sound hundreds of questions started
popping in my head
what was the sound where was it coming
from what was the instrument and where
can i get it
so a friend of mine from ahmedabad
nirmala he told me that
similar instrument was found in and
around rajasthan and it was called a
morechang
that was it that was the mouth heart and
my twist with the sound began there
i started exploring internet for all the
content which is available regarding the
mouth heart
and i stumbled across this festival
called world mouth heart festival of
india
which happens in goa and it’s my home
and i didn’t even know about it
that festival enabled me to meet lot of
renowned math artists and musicians
across the globe
i jammed with like-minded musicians from
russia berlin
nepal sri lanka europe hungary and goa
and lot of people around in india as
well
when i learned about this instrument it
was quite unknown especially in my
hometown
where nobody had heard the sound of this
so i introduced this instrument to them
and now almost everybody is familiar
with the melody of this sound
i would like to mention one particular
person who is behind
knowledge for me his name is neptune
chapatin
he is the person who travels across the
globe collects the mouth hubs and sells
it in goa
he has a harp stall which is at saturday
night market
and it’s flooded with lot of hubs across
the world i frequently visit this stall
so here i have with me four different
kinds of hearts
this particular one is from rajasthan
it’s called mochang
and it’s made by mr bhupendra let’s see
how it sounds
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me
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hey
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but
ah
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so that’s how it sounds and you can
actually go ahead and explore the sound
mode by just using a simple technique
called a double tapping technique let’s
see how it sounds
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so
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hey
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so yeah that’s how it sounds
i have another harp here which comes all
the way from nepal
and it’s made by mr gorkharam this heart
has a high frequency sounds and it’s
mostly used for melodious plays
let’s see how it sounds are you
are i am
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uh
oh
so that’s how it sounds
here i have another heart which comes
from republic of yakutiya
it’s in siberia and this particular one
is made by mr
ivan christopher this is a very
traditional half and it has traditional
ways of playing it
i’ll be showing you both the ways
traditional as well as the normal way
which i prefer to play
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yes
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uh
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um
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so that’s a traditional play of playing
it
let’s see the normal way
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um
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is
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so the last half which i have here is
made by mr lazarin and it’s from russia
let’s see how it sounds
uh
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thank you