It's me, new player, no teacher, another question. I've been trying to play Dhir Dhir, but I can't get anything that sounds anything like any sound I've ever heard someone play on a tabla; also, it's very hard and actually painful (ie arm cramp by the sixth repetition) to play fast.
Obviously, this represents a fundamentally flawed technique on my part. . my question is, exactly which parts of my hands should be hitting exactly which parts of the drum? And what should be the condition of my hand when I do it? Flat palm, fingers extended straight? Completely relaxed, floppy hand? Something in between?
I like to refer to it as dhere dhere since that divides the 4 notes a little clearer. Dhere is advanced, since you don't have a teacher start by playing tete tete's. later you can work your hand down further for the dhere dhere, best to wait for a teacher then to play it wrong to much. You don't want to carpel tunnel out. It's not uncommon to play a couple years before working on it.
Devi (Feb 16, 2003 03:14 p.m.):
It's me, new player, no teacher, another question. I've been trying to play Dhir Dhir, but I can't get anything that sounds anything like any sound I've ever heard someone play on a tabla; also, it's very hard and actually painful (ie arm cramp by the sixth repetition) to play fast.
Obviously, this represents a fundamentally flawed technique on my part. . my question is, exactly which parts of my hands should be hitting exactly which parts of the drum? And what should be the condition of my hand when I do it? Flat palm, fingers extended straight? Completely relaxed, floppy hand? Something in between?
