Time of Solo: 1:55 PM Randall's Roopak Taal (7 Beats) Solo will be presented as follows: Akash is playing a lehara in Raag Basant. Theka played at single time, one-and-a-half speed, double time, ending with tehai/tihai Peshkar based on a tintaal peshkar from Ustad AmedjanThirakwa which I adapted for roopak taal. Theme and variations ending … Continue reading Randall’s Roopak Solo at South Asian Classical Music Society of Chicago Event 3/19/2023
Chakradar from Ustad Alla Rakha Khan
This is a chakradar from Ustad Alla Rakha Khan in tintaal. My student Waqas found and liked this beautiful chakradar and asked me to transcribe it. I did it to the best of my ability and here is the result. We performed it at 200 bpm, while Ustad Alla Rakha & Ustad Zakir Hussain perform … Continue reading Chakradar from Ustad Alla Rakha Khan
That One Weird Tabla Chakradar That Works in Every Taal
It seemingly defies math!!! Bols: ("-s-" = 1 beat space): {Dha ti Dha te Te Dha ti Dha te Te Twak te Dha -s- Twak te Dha terekete Dha -s- -s- terekete Dha terekete Dha -s- -s- terekete Dha terekete [(DhateTe DheteTe kataga digene Twakte Twakte kataga digene Dha ) X3 -s- ] X3, -s- … Continue reading That One Weird Tabla Chakradar That Works in Every Taal
Short Composition in Qayed Fordost Taal 19 beats
This is a short composition in Qayed Fordost Taal (19 beats). It uses the phrase "DhateTedheteTe kategadhigene dha" at 3 speeds. https://youtu.be/ejSPtBaR6wo
JamrokTabla Artist Feature Series: Sneha Goswami – Vocal
JamrokTabla Artist Feature Series features Randall Jamrok performing with up-and-coming Indian Classical Musicians in the Chicago area. Today, we feature Sneha Goswami--who has been a student of Smt. Tulika Ghosh & Dr. Tapan Bhatacharya--performing Thumri "Samajhat Nahi" in Raag Khamaj. Tintaal and Laggi. Featured Artist: Sneha Goswami, Vocal with Randall Jamrok, Tabla https://youtu.be/49HzSoZz8_I
JamrokTabla Artist Feature Series: Austin Thomas – Sitar
JamrokTabla Artist Feature Series features Randall Jamrok performing with up-and-coming Indian Classical Musicians in the Chicago area. Today, we feature Austin Thomas, a student of Maestro Aloke Dasgupta, performing Raag Yaman in Tintaal. Featured Artist: Austin Thomas, Sitar with Randall Jamrok, Tabla https://youtu.be/Zgq1IZXx8Co Special thanks to Laji & Family for video recording, food, and chai!
Post #10–Tehai Compositional Tool
Tehai is a musical motivic device in Indian Classical music, in which a motive is played three times (with a space of 0 to 4 or more beats in between each repetition) and the last note of the third repetition falling on the Sum (beat one of the cycle) (regular), just after the Sum (ateet), … Continue reading Post #10–Tehai Compositional Tool
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