Livecoding Indian Rhythms
Design. Programming. Music. Teaching.
Livecoding Indian Rhythms launched on May 9, 2017 with 17 votes, #776 of 3,229 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
Livecoding Indian Rhythms is a web-based tool that converts written Konnakkol—the vocal percussion art of South Indian classical music—into audio. Built using the WebAudio API, it allows users to hear Carnatic rhythms rendered from text notation. The tool emerged from research into generative music systems for Carnatic music and builds on the developer's study of traditional practices in India.
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From the sources
Konnakkol is the vocal percussion art of South Indian classical music ( Carnatic Music ). This tool will turn written Konnakkol into audio. It was developed as part of my internship at the Flex Group at HARC . After learning more about their Ohm project, I quickly realised that combined with the WebAudio API I could quickly build a web based Konnakkol player, to turn written Konnakkol into audio. This work actually lead on from my undergraduate dissertation , a generative music system for Carnatic rhythms. After which I spent six months studying in Chennai, India with Vina player Dr. Karaikudi S. Subramanian and Mrudangam Artiste Erode Nagaraj . Saketh Kasibatla helped out a lot to get me…from arthurcarabott.com
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