Interestingly, this song has drums, bongo and also tabla at various stages. Usha Khanna, who made her debut with Dil deke dekho featured the roll of drums as the lead instrument in the title song. Ravi, known for his soothing and simple melodies, showed he is also a master of western instruments, including the drums in the lead in Zindagi ittefaq hai (Aadmi aur Insaan). Shanker-Jaikishen who used Jazz and other western styles extensively have a lengthy prelude with a lovely conga piece in Sukku Sukku (Junglee). S D Burman, known for creating ‘light’ music, uses the bongos beautifully as lead instruments in the delightful classic Sar jo tera chakraye (Pyaasa) to accompany the visuals of the ‘maalish’. Naushad also made lovely use of western percussion in movies like Jadoo. C Ramchandra, the maverick composer used the conga, bongo beautifully as lead instruments in Albela in songs like Deewana Parwana. The stalwarts of the golden era (1950s and 60s) mastered western styles as well as the use of western instruments including percussion instruments. The player will keep playing the songs as you browse in the new window). If you want to browse further on this site or another site, use the newly opened window. To listen to these songs without any break, open another window after clicking the play arrow on the player. This happens because the player is embedded on this page. (The player stops playing when you click the back button or go to another link on this page or somewhere else. On repeated plays, the player automatically shuffles songs.Ī tip to enhance your enjoyment of these songs If you are in the USA or Canada, you can also enjoy these songs on the player below. Raja Rajadhi - only percussion interludes, superb innovation.Mera Pyar Bhi Tu Hai - innovative beats.
Sar Jo Tera Chakraaye Ya Dil Dooba Jaaye.These instruments had origins in Latin America, Cuba, Europe and parts of Africa. I use the term western percussion to include primarily bongo, conga and drums. I may explore A R Rahman’s music in a later post. Sivamani, a versatile talent on percussion, is known to play on anything he can lay his hands on (including a carton or bucket or anything else that is handy!). A R Rahman is known for his heavy use of percussion (both literally and figuratively). This commentary therefore excludes the wonderful work of A R Rahman and the famous percussionist Sivamani, who played a lot for A R Rahman. I have also limited myself to selecting hindi film songs from the 1950s to the 1970s (with one song from 1980). Listen to the superb beats of conga for about 15 seconds from Aaya hoon main tujhko (Manoranjan) below (backup rhythm by maracas). (Bongo has a sharper sound than the Conga). Listen to the beats of bongo for 10 seconds from Raat ka samaa (Ziddi) by clicking the arrow below. Even for a few seconds, if you hear only rhythm and backup rhythm instruments playing and nothing else, I am calling it a lead performance by bongo, conga or drums). (Normally, when rhythm instruments like bongo, conga are played as a lead instrument, they also have some backup rhythm that is normally played along with them on the banjo/guitar/maracas. Here are a couple of examples of what I mean by lead instrument.
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