Sunday, July 14, 2013
The TABLA is a membranophone percussion
instrument (similar to bongos), used in Hindustani classical music and
in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument
consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres.
The term tabla is derived from an Arabic word, tabl,
which simply means "drum."The tabla is used in some other Asian
musical traditions outside of India, such as in theIndonesian dangdut genre.
Playing technique involves extensive use of the fingers and palms
in various configurations to create a wide variety of different sounds,
reflected in the mnemonic syllables (bol). The heel of the hand is used
to apply pressure or in a sliding motion on the larger drum so that the pitch is
changed during the sound's decay.
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