Namaste!
I got one... and have no idea how to do it.... does anyone have any tips on how to blow a shankh? I watched a few instructional videos but i don't really understand them............
Thank you anyone for your help!
Jai Ganesha!
Namaste!
I got one... and have no idea how to do it.... does anyone have any tips on how to blow a shankh? I watched a few instructional videos but i don't really understand them............
Thank you anyone for your help!
Jai Ganesha!
Namaste!
thank you i will try
Jai Ganesha!
Namaskar,
How goes your efforts, Catnipji?
I was a woodwind player rather than brass, but did learn some trumpet from my Dad. Both disciplines have a specific way of holding the mouth, called Embouchure. EMji is right, this is key to blowing a Conch, or Shankh. It's not just how you purse the lips, but how you hold them stiffly together and against the teeth. This braces the buzz you need to create for brass instruments and Shankhs, and also reinforces the air from the lungs. Think of it like the sound comes from your heart or the diaphragm, not from the Instrument. In one long stream, as if you are singing a loud sustained note, blow from the diaphragm, not from higher up in the chest or throat like when you speak.
The note and tone are expressed and modulated by the shape of your lips and how they vibrate together. Changing their shape, thus their vibration, will change the note. You can practice without the Conch, hold your lips tight in one place but not so tight you can't blow through them and make them buzz, hold your chin flat, and hold your cheeks in - do not let them puff out. You should be able to feel the corners of your mouth. Take a deep breath and let your lips buzz together, kind of like when you give a raspberry to a baby only harder.
Change the shape of your embouchure by pulling back the corners of your lips to make them more of a straight line, or pursing to make less of one, and the tone of the buzz you make gets higher or lower respectively - this is part of how Brass players change Register when they play, and it also applies to woodwinds to a lesser extent.
Enjoy your Shankh, and do let us know how you get on.
Pranams
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What has Learning profited a man, if it has not led him to worship the good feet of Him who is pure knowledge itself?
They alone dispel the mind's distress, who take refuge at the feet of the incomparable one. ~~Tirukural 2, 7
Anbe Sivamayam, Satyame Parasivam
Vannakkam: Yay, a musician! You'd probably enjoy the nadaswaram then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpRKWPqY2Hc
Aum Namasivaya
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What has Learning profited a man, if it has not led him to worship the good feet of Him who is pure knowledge itself?
They alone dispel the mind's distress, who take refuge at the feet of the incomparable one. ~~Tirukural 2, 7
Anbe Sivamayam, Satyame Parasivam
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