Theory and Practice of Tabla

Here is a great book for beginners as well as Advanced Tabla Students. It is not available in the stores in USA. The book has been forwarded by Ustad Zakir Hussain. The Author is Sadanand Naimpalli who is a Proffessional Tabla Player in India. He has written this book so that the Art of Tabla can be enjoyed more by the people learning it.

The book is broken up into two parts - Theory and Practice. He gives complete compositions for playing Solos in many different Talas. For example the Teental solo itself can be played for about one and half hours without repeating a single composition. Many of the compositions are ancient and not available in other books.

This is a brand new book! The Contents of the Book: PART 1 1) Manifestation of Laya 2)The Evolution of Rhythmic Instruments 3) The Genesis of Tabla 4) The Alphabets and Language of Tabla 5) Taal Shaastra and Time Management 6) "Dasha Praan" or 10 salient features of Taal 7) Gharanas 8) Riyaaz 9) Solo Tabla Recital 10) Accompaniment 11) Scripts used for the Language of Tabla 12) Terminology - Definition, Meaning and Description 13) Biographies of Eminent Tabla Players 14) Biographies of Pakhawaj Players PART 2 1) Key to reading of Tabla Bols 2) Taal Dadra 3) Taal Teental 4)Taal Roopak 5) Taal Jhaptaal 6) Taal Adachoutal 7) Taal Ektaal 8) Shankh Taal 9) Taal Pancham Savaari 10) Taal Vasant 11) Taal Asht' Mangal 12) Assortment of less popular and unheard Taals 13) Bibliography 14) Index Total pages: 239