http://www.chandrakantha.com - Music of India

RESOURCES

• Quick Reference Chart
• Basic Overview of the Tabla (English), (Česky)
• Basic Strokes (bols)
• The TablaForum (a discussion forum for the tabla)
• Composition Database
• Glossary of Terms
• FAQs on Learning Tabla

ARTICLES

• Tabla Primer for the Older Student
• Tuning the Tabla: A Psychoacoustic Perspective
• The Cadenza in North Indian Tabla - (en français)
• The Cyclic Form in North Indian Tabla - (en français)
• Repair and Maintenance of the Tabla
• Psychoacoustics of the Musical Pitch of Tabla
• The Tabla Pudi
• Tabla Making in the Deccan
• New Approaches to Tabla Instruction
• Mridangam and Tabla: A Contrast
• Tabla and the Guitar

MISC.

• Biography of Nizamuddin Khan
• Biography of Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
• About the Tabla Site
• Interview with David Courtney (1)
• Interview with David Courtney (2)
• Interview with David Courtney (3)

 

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SELECTED VIDEOS (Perforamces and Documentaries)

David Cortney - Program 1/10 - Tabla Tune - video Ernesto leon

 

Rajasthan music

 

Ustad Allah Rakha & Zakir Hussain Tabla Solo Teental

 

Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Tabla Solo in Jhaptal

 

Tabla Rella, Pete Lockett

 

Tabla Ensemble

 

Zakir Hussain lecture and demonstration of tabla

 

Zakir Hussain Tabla & Taal Demonstration - Part 1 of 4

 

Zakir Hussain Tabla & Taal Demonstration - Part 2 of 4

 

Zakir Hussain Tabla & Taal Demonstration - Part 3 of 4

 

Zakir Hussain Tabla & Taal Demonstration - Part 4 of 4

 

 

SELECTED VIDEOS (Lessons)

Introduction to the Tabla - Part 1 - Bol and Gharana

 

Introduction to the Tabla - Part 2 - Parts of the Tabla and Tuning the Tabla

 

Introduction to the Tabla - Part 3 - Sitting and Hand Position

 

Rare Tabla Lessons from Pt.Kishore Banerjee

 

Tabla Lesson: Keharwa Tal

 

MISC.