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The Tabla: Origin, Parts, Tuning and Varnas
Performing Arts: Hindustani Music · Chapter 13 · Section C: Hindustani Instrumental Music (Percussion - Tabla)
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- Origin and development of the tabla
- Parts of the tabla (dayan) and bayan with a simple sketch
- Tuning the tabla with hammer and gatte
- The basic ten varnas (syllables) of tabla and where each is produced