On Jan 14, 2008 11:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the hawaiian steel guitar, which incidentally made its way > into india via the hawaiian guitarist Tao Moe in the 1930s (he used to > perform at the taj mahal hotel in bombay). > > To best understand carnatic music, i think you should start by trying > to learn a carnatic musical instrument (good mridangam teachers should > not be hard to find).
You're probably right, but if I'm going to invest that kind of time, I think I'd prefer it be with a chef. I need to learn how to make a good Kerala parota first. -- Charles