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The history of the tabla is unclear, and there are multiple theories regarding its origins. [ 11 ] [ 15 ] There are two groups of theories; the first theorizes the instrument had indigenous origins while the other traces its origins to the Muslim and Mughal invaders of the Indian subcontinent. [ 11 ]
Musicians in Kathmandu, Nepal, playing the tabla and harmonium. The Indian harmonium, hand harmonium, samvadini , peti ("box"), or vaja , often just called a harmonium , is a small and portable hand-pumped reed organ which is very popular in the Indian subcontinent . [ 1 ]
The Benares tabla gharana was developed a little over 200 years ago by Pandit Ram Sahai (1780–1826). At the age of nine, Ram moved to Lucknow to become a disciple of Modhu Khan of the Lucknow gharana. After some time performing in Benares, Pandit Ram Sahai felt the need to make a significant change in his tabla playing.
Tabla is a widely popular South Asian percussion instrument used in music of the northern Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres.
Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer, and film actor. Widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of the greatest percussionists of all time, [1] [2] [3] he was known for bringing Indian classical music to a global audience.
Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 × 4 grid selected from the card images. Players choose a tabla ("board") to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas, each with a different selection of images. The traditional Lotería card deck is composed of 54 different cards, each with a different picture.
Over the years, the mridangam evolved and was made from different kinds of wood for increased durability, and today, its body is constructed from the wood of the jackfruit tree. [ citation needed ] It is widely believed that the tabla , the mridangam's Hindustani musical counterpart, was first constructed by splitting a mridangam in half.
According to the Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville, tabula was first invented by a Greek soldier of the Trojan War named Alea. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The earliest description of "τάβλι" (tavli) is in an epigram of Byzantine emperor Zeno (r. 474–475; 476–491), given by Agathias of Myrine (6th century AD), who describes a game in which Zeno goes ...