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	A '''''thavil''''' ([[Tamil language\|Tamil]]:தவில்) or '''''tavil''''' is a barrel-shaped [[percussion instrument]] from [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is used in temple, [[folk music\|folk]] and [[Carnatic music]], often accompanying the ''[[nadaswaram]]''. The ''thavil'' and the ''nadaswaram'' are essential components of traditional festivals and ceremonies in South India.		A '''''thavil''''' ([[Tamil language\|Tamil]]:தவில்) or '''''tavil''''' is a barrel-shaped [[percussion instrument]] from [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is also widely used in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Telangana]] and in the North and East of [[Sri Lanka]] (in the tamil majority area called [[Tamil Eelam]]). It is used in temple, [[folk music\|folk]] and [[Carnatic music]], often accompanying the ''[[nadaswaram]]''. The ''thavil'' and the ''nadaswaram'' are essential components of traditional festivals and ceremonies in South India.

	[[File:Thavilplayer.jpg\|thumb\|175px\|Velliyambakkam VM Palanivel playing thavil - note that thavil sides are reversed, as the player is left handed]]		[[File:Thavilplayer.jpg\|thumb\|175px\|Velliyambakkam VM Palanivel playing thavil - note that thavil sides are reversed, as the player is left handed]]
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	* [[Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam]]		* [[Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam]]
	* [[Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel]]		* [[Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel]]
	* ~~Thedchanamoorthy~~ - Jaffna		* Vellore Dr. P.R.M. Venkateshan
			* Dakshinamoorthy - Jaffna or Yaazhpaanam , Shri Lanka
	* Needamangalam Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai		* Needamangalam Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai
	* Thirunageshwaram ~~Subramaniana~~ Pillai		* Thirunageshwaram Subramanian Pillai
	* Bhusurapalli ~~Adiseshaiah~~		* Bhusurapalli Adisheshaiah
	* Iluppur Panchami		* Iluppur Panchami
	* Kumbakonam Thangavel Pillai		* Kumbakonam Thangavel Pillai
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	* [[Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy]]		* [[Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy]]
	* Tanjore T R Govindaraj		* Tanjore T R Govindaraj
	* Shanmugam Thavil - ~~Pondicherry~~		* Shanmugam Thavil - Puducherry
	* Thiruppungur T G Muthukumarasamy		* Thiruppungur T G Muthukumarasamy
	* ~~Manarkudi thiru~~.m.~~r.vasudevan~~		* Mannaarkudi Thiru M.R.Vasudevan
	* Thirumaignanam Narayanasamy ~~pillai~~		* Thirumaignanam Narayanasamy Pillai
			* Valiyambakkam V.M Ganapathy
			* Gurumurthy Pandithar - Adelaide

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Commons category\|Thavil}}~~
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060329101116/http://www.akp.co.in/ Thavil Maestro Haridwaramangalam Sri. A.K. Palanivel]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060329101116/http://www.akp.co.in/ Thavil Maestro Haridwaramangalam Sri. A.K. Palanivel]

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A '''''thavil''''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]:தவில்) or '''''tavil''''' is a barrel-shaped [[percussion instrument]] from [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is used in temple, [[folk music|folk]] and [[Carnatic music]], often accompanying the ''[[nadaswaram]]''. The ''thavil'' and the ''nadaswaram'' are essential components of traditional festivals and ceremonies in South India.

[[File:Thavilplayer.jpg|thumb|175px|Velliyambakkam VM Palanivel playing thavil - note that thavil sides are reversed, as the player is left handed]]

In folk music contexts, a pair of wider, slimmer sticks are sometimes used. [[Thanjavur]] is famous for ''thavil'', so called ''Thanjavur Thavil''. In [[Kollywood]] [[Filmi]] songs thavils are mostly used, Notable movies: "[[Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]", "[[Paruthiveeran]]", "[[Karagattakaran]]", "[[Sarvam Thaala Mayam]]".
[[File:Tavil, தவில், തവിൽ.jpg|thumb|Thavil]]

== History ==
Thavil is a traditional musical instrument of the ancient city of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. It is an integral part of the Carnatic music in Thanjavur.
It is mostly made in Thanjavur and Valayapatti.

== Physical components ==

The ''thavil'' consists of a cylindrical shell hollowed out of a solid block of [[jackfruit]] wood. Layers of animal skin ([[domestic buffalo|water buffalo]] on the right, goat on the left) are stretched across the two sides of the shell using [[hemp]] hoops attached to the shell. The right face of the instrument has a larger diameter than the left side, and the right drum head is stretched very tightly, while the left drum head is kept loose to allow pitch bending. The larger face is higher in pitch than the smaller face.

The modern Thavil has a corpus that is bordered by a steel ring coated in plastic on which the two skins are fixed by metal straps. Both skins can be separately tuned.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Indian Thavil|url=http://www.indian-instruments.com/drums_and_percussion/thavil.htm|website=indian-instruments.com}}</ref>

== Methods of use and posture ==
The instrument is either played while sitting, or hung by a cloth strap (called ''nadai'') from the shoulder of the player. The right head is played with the right hand, wrist and fingers. The player usually wears thumb caps on all the fingers of the right hand, made of hardened glue from [[maida flour]]. The left head is played with a short, thick stick made from the wood of the [[portia tree]]. It is not uncommon for left-handed players to use the opposite hands, and some nadaswaram groups feature both a right- and a left-handed thavil player.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Veteran thavilists==

Some master thavil players:<ref name="Thavil1">{{cite web
|url = http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm
|title = Official Web Site of Saneetha Nataka Academy - List of Saneetha Nataka Academy Award Winners
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm
|archive-date = 2015-05-30
}}</ref>
*Thirumulaivayil Muthuveer pillai
*Thirumulaivayil Shanmugavadivel pillai
* Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai
* Kalaimamani Thirucherai.T.G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
* [[Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam]]
* [[Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel]]
* Thedchanamoorthy - Jaffna
* Needamangalam Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai
* Thirunageshwaram Subramaniana Pillai
* Bhusurapalli Adiseshaiah
* Iluppur Panchami
* Kumbakonam Thangavel Pillai
* Natchiarkoil Raghava Pillai
* Needamangalam Shanmugavadivel
* Valangaiman Shanmugasundaram Pillai
* [[Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy]]
* Tanjore T R Govindaraj
* Shanmugam Thavil - Pondicherry
* Thiruppungur T G Muthukumarasamy
* Manarkudi thiru.m.r.vasudevan
* Thirumaignanam Narayanasamy pillai

==References==
{{Portal|India|Music}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Thavil}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060329101116/http://www.akp.co.in/ Thavil Maestro Haridwaramangalam Sri. A.K. Palanivel]

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