Steve Smith / Vital Information - transcription of the

Konnakol sections of the tune "Intervowen Rhythms

Synchronous" from the CD "LIVE! One Great Night" (available on itunes)

The Konnakol sections consist of some 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 (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 3 times, with or without variations.

1st Korvai:

Notice the variations of the phrase length in the tihai sections.

Da2 Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Da3 Dadiginadum

Da3 Dadiginadum

Da2 Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Takajuna Da3 Di2 Dadiginadum

Da3 Di2 Dadiginadum

Da3 Di2 Dadiginadum

Da2 Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadiginadum

Takajuna Da3 Da2 Di2 Dadiginadum

Da3 Da2 Di2 Dadiginadum

Da3 Da2 Di2 Dadiginadum

2nd Korvai:

Played 3 times without variation

Ta Di2 Ta2 Di2 Ta Dum2 Nam2 Dum3

Ta Di2 Ta2 Di2 Ta Dum2 Nam2 Dum3

Ta Di2 Ta2 Di2 Ta Dum2 Nam2 Dum3

Dadiginadum Da2 Dadiginadum Da2

Dadiginadum

3rd Korvai:

This Korvai is played only once. The tihai is a disguised regrouping of 3 X 32

letters.

Taka2 tom3

Taka Taka2 tom3

Takadimi Taka2 tom3 Da3 di3 gi3 na3 dum3

Da2 di2 gi2 na2 dum2

Dadiginadum Dadiginadum Dadiginadum

Dadi2 ginadum Dadi2 ginadum Dadi2 ginadum

Da2 di2 ginadum Da2 di2 ginadum Da2 di2 ginadum

Da2 di2 Dadiginadum Da2 di2 Dadiginadum Da2 di2 Dadiginadum

Da3 Dum2 Dadiginadum Da3 Dum2 Dadiginadum Da3 Dum2 Dadiginadum

4th Korvai:

Played 3 times without variation. Notice the different length of dum in the first

three lines.

Ta dum2 Ta dum2 Ta dum2

Taka dum2 Taka dum2 Taka dum3 Takita dum2 Takita dum2 Takita dum3

Dadiginadum Da5 Dadiginadum Da5 Dadiginadum

5th Korvai:

Played 3 times, last time omitting (Da4). This is one long tihai.

Takadimi Takite Da2

Takite Takite Da2

Take Takite Da2

Takadimi Da2 Takite Da2

Taka Da2 Ta (Da4)

6th Korvai:

This Korvai is played only once. Notice the variations on TaDum in the first

three lines.

Ta2 Di2 Dadiginadum TaDum2 TaDum2 Ta Dum4

Di2 Dadiginadum TaDum3 TaDum3 Ta Dum4

Dadiginadum TaDum4 TaDum2 Dum3

Da5 di5 gi5 na5 dum5

Da4 di4 gi4 na4 dum4

Da3 di3 gi3 na3 dum3

Da2 di2 gi2 na2 dum2

Dadiginadum Dadiginadum Dadiginadum (6)

Dadi2ginadum Dadi2ginadum Dadi2ginadum (6)

Da2di2ginadum Da2di2ginadum Da2di2ginadum

7th Korvai:

Notice the variations of the phrase length in the tihai sections.

Da2 Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Da3 Dadiginadum

Da3 Dadiginadum

Da2 Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Takajuna Da3 Di2Dadiginadum

Da3 Di2Dadiginadum

Da3 Di2Dadiginadum

Da2 Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Di2 Takajuna Da3 Dadigenadum

Takajuna Da3 Da2Di2Dadiginadum

Da3 Da2Di2Dadiginadum

Da3 Da2Di2Dadiginadum

Enjoy practicing this very funky stuff with the recording!

For more information on the construction of Korvais see David P. Nelson,

Solkattu Manual.

Stephan van Briel, 01.01.2015