Some notes on Gaman Hevisi (march beats): an aspects of Sinhala drum music of Sri Lanka
Author :Seneviratna, Anuradha
Keywords :Musical instruments
Musical instruments--Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Issue Date :1981
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :Hewisi or drumming forms a nucleus of traditional Sinhala music in Sri Lanka. It is a combination of five musical instruments namely: 1. Dawula (a barrel shaped drum), 2. Tammeltama (a species of the kettle drum), 3. Horanewa (Temple oboe), 4. Tiilampota (cymbals) and, 5. Hakge~iya (Conch), collectively known as Pancatorya Nada. The aim of this paper is to record some of the Gaman Hevisiot. March beats played in these 'processions namely a Pinkama, perahera, pelapaliya and a Malagama. Here make a distinction between a Pinkama procession of small scale compared with a procession of larger scale.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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dc.contributor.author
Seneviratna, Anuradha
dc.coverage.spatial
Sri Lanka
dc.date.accessioned
2017-06-20T07:24:40Z
dc.date.available
2017-06-20T07:24:40Z
dc.date.issued
1981
dc.description.abstract
Hewisi or drumming forms a nucleus of traditional Sinhala music in Sri Lanka. It is a combination of five musical instruments namely: 1. Dawula (a barrel shaped drum), 2. Tammeltama (a species of the kettle drum), 3. Horanewa (Temple oboe), 4. Tiilampota (cymbals) and, 5. Hakge~iya (Conch), collectively known as Pancatorya Nada. The aim of this paper is to record some of the Gaman Hevisiot. March beats played in these 'processions namely a Pinkama, perahera, pelapaliya and a Malagama. Here make a distinction between a Pinkama procession of small scale compared with a procession of larger scale.
dc.source
Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent
5-13 p.
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application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3070
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject
Musical instruments
Musical instruments--Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Government of India
