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playing tabla
Thursday, 5 April 2007
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about tabla
The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in the classical, popular and religious music of the subcontinent and in Hindustani classical music . The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres. The term tabla is derived from an Arabic word which means "drum".The history of this instrument is at times the subject of heated debate. The most common historical account credits the century Indian poet Amir Khusrau as having invented the instrument, by splitting Pakhawaj into two parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the string instrument sitar). Another common historical narrative portrays the tabla as being thousands of years old, yet this is mere conjecture, based on slipshod interpretations of iconography. Reliable historical evidence places the invention of this instrument in the 18th century, and the first verifiable player of this drum was Ustad Siddar Khan of Delhi.
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