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Listen: The taals used by tabla players to accompany thumri

In the fifth part of our series on tabla accompaniment to Hindustani music and dance, we take a closer look at the tabla player’s role in accompanying thumri, dadra and allied forms. But before that, ...
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Listen: How tabla players accompany Kathak dancers in Dhamar taal and Jhaptaal

In the previous instalment of our series on tabla accompaniment to Hindustani music and dance, we included two recordings that featured Kathak solo recitals in the popular 16-matra Teentaal. But that ...
The Free Press Journal

Tabla Maestro Pt Yogesh Samsi On Narrating 3 Sur 3 Taal, Honouring Ustad Zakir Hussain, And His Lifelong Journey In Indian Classical Music

For tabla maestro Pt Yogesh Samsi, the weekend has been busy. A solo recital in Mumbai at the joint barsi of Ustad Amir Hussain Khan and Pt Arvind Mulgaonkar on Friday was followed by a show in Pune ...
The Hindu

A complete guide on listening, learning and playing the tabla

Anaddha - The World of Tabla published by Birutjatio Sahitya Sammilani, Kolkata, is an English translation of the original two-volume book in Bengali titled Tihai er Sutra. Interesting and informative ...
Indiatimes

It's boom taal for tabla makers

JUST one hit and you wonder, whether that deep, magical sound filling the room really came from your fingers. Could a tabla make that sound? In the hands of a wizard like Zakir Hussain definitely.