Definitions
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- noun music An
earthenware pot used as apercussion instrument in theCarnatic music ofSouth India .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I can't deny there is discrimination; firstly because I am a female accompanying artiste and secondly because the ghatam is a secondary accompaniment to the singer in any concert."
Analysis 2010
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"I can't deny there is discrimination; firstly because I am a female accompanying artiste and secondly because the ghatam is a secondary accompaniment to the singer in any concert."
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"I can't deny there is discrimination; firstly because I am a female accompanying artiste and secondly because the ghatam is a secondary accompaniment to the singer in any concert."
Analysis 2010
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Remember Shakti is an Indi-jazz fusion quintet, composed of legendary English guitarists Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, Grammy-winning Indian tabla player, Zakir Hussain, and Indian musicians, Shrinivas Uppalapu on mandolin, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram playing the kanjira, ghatam, and mridangam, and singer Shankar Mahadevan.
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Remember Shakti is an Indi-jazz fusion quintet, composed of legendary English guitarists Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, Grammy-winning Indian tabla player, Zakir Hussain, and Indian musicians, Shrinivas Uppalapu on mandolin, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram playing the kanjira, ghatam, and mridangam, and singer Shankar Mahadevan.
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Remember Shakti is an Indi-jazz fusion quintet, composed of legendary English guitarists Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, Grammy-winning Indian tabla player, Zakir Hussain, and Indian musicians, Shrinivas Uppalapu on mandolin, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram playing the kanjira, ghatam, and mridangam, and singer Shankar Mahadevan.
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Also performing with Wooten and Prasanna are virtuoso percussionists S Karthik, on ghatam, and Bangalore Amrit on Kanjira.
Analysis 2010
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Melakaveri K. Balaji (mridangam), Udupi S.reedhar (ghatam), and A.S. K.ishnan (muharsing).
Chicago Reader 2010
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The ensemble in question includes Subramaniam's son Ambi and four percussionists: Mahesh Krishnamurthy on mridangam, Satish Pathakota on kanjira, Ullur Giridhar Udupa on the clay-pot drum or ghatam, and Satya Sai Ghantasala on the Indian jaw harp called a moorsing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Also performing with Wooten and Prasanna are virtuoso percussionists S Karthik, on ghatam, and Bangalore Amrit on Kanjira.
Analysis 2010
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