tabla Definition
tabla (täb′lä)
noun
a set of two small drums whose pitch can be varied, used esp. in India and played with the hands
Etymology: Hindustani < Ar ṭabla, drum
tabla Usage Examples
Converse of subject
accompany: For this tour they play each in one half of the concert as soloists accompanied by tabla.
Converse of object
- play: The very first Monday Mr Russell and a man from India called Vishnu played the tabla and it sounded great.
- teach: Currently, he teaches tabla at the London University and in many schools throughout London.
- include: Instrumental accompaniment TBC but will include tabla, kora, keyboards.
- learn: Sukhvinder learned the tabla from the great tabla Maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Benares, a living legend in tabla playing.
Adjective modifier
Indian: The artist invites the participant one at a time to a sensory experience involving a rhythmic time cycle involved in Indian tabla drumming.
Modifies a noun
- maestro: He recently formed a duo with the renowned tabla maestro Sanju Sahai that combines western percussion with tabla.
- playing: Both number theory and tabla playing may be viewed as the study of patterns, Bhargava told Peterson.
- player: Not content with one instrument, Mohamed is also a talented tabla player.
- solo: This has enhanced the dignity of tabla solo and has brought it closer to vocal music.
- music: It is therefore perhaps appropriate to think of tabla music as quite literally a language with its own logical rules of construction.
- drum: Stage Three: Gat The tabla drums now enter, playing a specific tal time cycle.
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