Theory and Practice of Tabla

Language: English
Pages: 256 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)

About The Book
As Ustad Zakir Hussain says in his foreword in the book, there is a lack of definitive, uniform methodology in the teaching of table. Author Sadanand Naimpalli, himself one of the fines maestros in the country today, takes up the challenge in Theory and Practice of Tabla for students of table everywhere. His book will make a student appreciate fully the language of one of the most versatile percussion instruments in the world its grammar, aesthetic, its powerful idioms and the sheer poetry and sophistication when handled by a competent player. The book is in two parts. Part One deals with theory history and terminology of table. Part Two deals with practice taals and bols. The book presents a comprehensive view of all the different schools and will be useful to beginners ad trained students alike.
About The Author
Sadanand Naimpalli is an engineer by training and a musician by choice. A leading disciple of the legendary Guru Pandit Taranath, he is one of the leading tabla soloists and accompanists in the country today. He is a Top Grade artist of Akashwani and Doordarshan and a winner of several national awards. His workshops and lecture-demonstrations have made him one of the great educators of table. He also plays the pakhawaj.
Foreword
One of the main concerns I have is about the lack of unification in the
standardization of the teachings of tabla. Tabla is one of the youngest
instruments in the field of North Indian Classical music and is still in the
development stage. But the repertoire that is played on tabla is a mix of the
pakhawaj compositions of the old tradition and compositions that have been
recently written for tabla. By recent, I mean the last 150 odd years. The Ustads
of the old times were illiterate and believed in the oral tradition of passing on
the knowledge, be