Steve Smith / Vital Information - transcription of the Konnakol sections of the tune "Intervowen Rhythms Synchronous" from the CD "LIV! ne #reat $i%ht" (available on itunes) The Konnakol sections consist of some s ome great Korvais in adi tal and are performed by Steve Smith in unison with his guitarist over a funk groove. A Korvai generally consists of one o ne (or more) main sections, generally with increasing or decreasing phrase lengths. The finishing section is a tihai (shown in bold print). A Korvai is usually played times, with or without variations.
&st Korvai' !otice the variations of the phrase length in the tihai sections. "a#
"i# "i#
Taka$una Taka$una Taka$una
"a#
"i# "i#
Taka$una Taka$una Taka$una
"a#
"i# "i#
Taka$una Taka$una Taka$una
"a "a "a Da) Da) "a "a "a Da) Da) "a "a "a Da) Da)
*n( Korvai' %layed times without variation Ta "i# Ta# "i# Ta "um# !am# "um Ta "i# Ta# "i# Ta "um# !am# "um Ta "i# Ta# "i# Ta "um# !am# "um Da(i%ina(um Da* Da(i%ina(um Da* Da(i%ina(um
)r( Korvai' This Korvai is played only once. The tihai is a disguised regrouping of & # letters. Taka# Taka# Taka# gi na gi# na#
+th Korvai' %layed times without variation. !otice the different length of dum in the first three lines. Ta dum# Ta dum# Ta dum# Taka dum# Taka dum# Taka dum Takita dum# Takita dum# Takita dum Da(i%ina(um Da, Da(i%ina(um Da, Da(i%ina(um
,th Korvai' %layed times, last time omitting ("a '). This is one long tihai.
aka(imi akite ake aka(imi akite aka a
akite akite akite
Da* Da * Da* Da* Da* Da* .Da+
0th Korvai' This Korvai is played only once. !otice the variations on Ta"um in the first three lines. Ta#
n$oy practicing this very funky stuff with the recording* +or more information on the construction of Korvais see "avid %. !elson, Solkattu anual. Stephan van -riel, /./.#/
