Malayalam Instrumental Songs MP3 Music

 

Instrumental music has the ability to strike a cord in ones heart without there being a single word and Malayalam instrumental music definitely stands out in that respect. Many free downloads of the latest new hot and rare old traditional Malayalam instrumental mp3 are available online on various sites. These can be downloaded for free or by paying a small fee.

Bharata in his "Natya-shastra" in the first century AD developed the first   classificatory system applicable to all Indian musical instruments which was based on the method of sound production. He broadly distinguished "Vadyas" which were the musical instruments in four categories the first being "tata" which means to stretch, the second being "ghana" which means to to strike a solid material, the third being "avanadha"  which means to be attached or covered, the fourth last one being "sushira" which means to be hollow or pierced.

According to their function in the kshetram that is the rituals of the temple the musical instruments are generally classified into "Devavadyam" and "Asuravadyam". The term "deva" is used for the higher gods and "asura" for the lower gods according to the Rigveda. Thus according to this classification the drums timila, edaykka, valantala which is the bass side of the chenda, maram, the conch shankh, and the small chengila gong are devavadyam. The drums itantala which is the treble side of the chenda, both forms of maddalam, the cymbals ilatalam, and the wind instruments kombu and kuzhal are asuravadyam. The devavadyam instruments are played beside the Srikovil entrance. Found only in the "kshetram" and "kavu" ritual music contexts of Kerala are some of the instruments like chenda, edaykka and timila. "Urulakkai", a unique drumming technique performed on chenda and edaykka, is also indigenous to Kerala and its Malayalam instrumental music.

A list of my favorite Malayalam instrumentalists is:

1.  G S Rajan who plays the flute
2.  N. Ramani who plays the flute
3.  Mandolin Shrinivas who plays the mandolin
4. T.V. Gopalkrishnan who plays the mridangam
5.  Lalgudi Jayaraman who plays the violin.