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
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
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
Jamrok Tabla 