Do both hands ever play on one tabla? what would be played if so?. .the site warren ashford mentionsit has tabla introduction. .where could i get bols for it?. .thans pedro and raul for replies. .scotland
Yes, this is possible but this is normally done to add "special" effects. If you attend some Tabla Solo concerts, many a times, the performer plays these special effects to keep the audience in place.
Even though these effects are possible using both the hands on Tabla( Dayan, right hand drum ), I have seen these mostly involving Bayan( base drum ). For example, it is very easy to produce the sound of approaching railway-->passing railway--->passed railway using both the hands on the base-drum.
Right hand drum can also be played with both the hands to create some effects/fast rendering.
I do not know any other case where both the hands are used to play a single drum!
I agree with Rahul.
Here is a nice use of both hands on Dayan:
DhaDha DhaDha DhinDhin DhinDhin naranara naranara na- TeteTete TeteTete KaTeteKa TeteKaTe DhaDha Dha-KaTe DhaDha Dha-KaTe DhaDha Dha. (Varanasi style)
nara= na (normal right hand na or ta) and ra (index finger of left hand in the kinar sounding just like na)
