Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

IMPORTANCE OF TABLA IN MUSICAL TRADITION OF INDIA

Kirtiranjan Jena

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 ?e Tabla is a widely popular South Asian percussion instrument used in the classical, popular and religious music of the northern Indian subcontinent. ?e instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and times. Tabla is the most widely used percussion instrument in North Indian music and is classified under the memanophone family of instruments. Its distinct and unique sound makes it an integral part of Indian music. In the Indian durbars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Muslim Tabla performers accompanied instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers. ?e Tabla is a traditional Indian music instrument that is used to maintain metric cycles of set compositions. North Indian music is incomplete without Tabla. It gives a beautiful beat and forms an important part of Indian music. ?e Tabla has changed a lot over the years especially with the modernization of many traditional instruments

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KIRTIRANJAN JENA, IMPORTANCE OF TABLA IN MUSICAL TRADITION OF INDIA, International Journal of Scientific Research, Volume : 5 | Issue : 11 | November 2016

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