Fundamentals of Tabla

You have purchased your tabla and you have a teacher.  You have been studying for a bit and you are completely confused.  What you learn doesn’t seem to have anything to do with what you hear on the recordings.  Furthermore you have talked to other students from other teachers and they are using different bols and different fingerings.  It seems that the further you go the more confused you get.

Does this sound familiar?  Don’t blame your teacher, it probably isn’t his fault.  He is just following a tradition of teaching which is centuries old.  Don’t blame yourself, there is probably nothing wrong with you.

You need to buy this book to put things in perspective.  It will give you a good overview of the various techniques used by different gharanas.  It will also give you a vast amount of material which will put you ahead in the game.

This is the fifth edition of “Fundamentals of Tabla” (293 pages). It is the first volume of a series of books on tabla. The second is entitled Advanced Theory of Tabla, the third is entitled Manufacture and Repair of Tabla, while the fourth is entitled Focus on the Kaidas of Tabla. Here are the contents:

Preface		vii
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
Chapter 2	Getting Started	27
Chapter 3	Elementary Material	39
Chapter 4	Other Bols	63
Chapter 5	Theka and Prakar	71
Chapter 6	Purbi Baj	95
Appendix 1	Notation	105
Appendix 2	Quick Reference Chart	109
Appendix 3	Sample Questions	111
Appendix 4	Misc. Tal	121
Appendix 5	Misc. Prakar	175
Appendix 6	Videos of Basic Strokes	223
Appendix 7	Smart Phone Apps for Students	225
Appendix 8	Paluskar Notation	227
Appendix 9	Technique	229
Appendix 10	Writing the Bols	247
Glossary		259
Bibliography, Discography, and Web Sites		271
Index		279

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