I wanted to get better at playing drut tintaal ending tehais for when I am playing with instrumentalists--accompanying them on tabla. This was inspired by playing with my friend Sonny, who plays bansuri--and we often play a vigorous and lively drut tintaal section.The drut tintaal is ramping up in speed and intensity, and now the … Continue reading Tabla: Fifteen Endings for Drut Tintaal Section
Randall’s Roopak Solo at South Asian Classical Music Society of Chicago Event 3/19/2023
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
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 