Indian Percussion
An issue about Indian Percussion
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| Punjabi Dhol | The Punjabi Dhol - Pete Lockett
The time-honoured craft of indian instrument making is being lost as
more lucrative professions become available to the younger generation. Pete
lockett takes a look at the time consuming practice of hand-making drums
and meets Harjit Singh Shah, one of the men trying to ensure that this uniqu...
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| Tabla Tals | Tabla Tals
A
Brief Introduction to Tabla and Indian Tals
Peyman Nasehpour © 2002
Introduction
"Good
King Bahram Gour of Persia was moved by the laments of his most impoverished
subjects. They called for music,
and wished to celebrate like the rich. Bahram Gour asked his f...
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| Teental | Teentaal
Teentaal
Peyman Nasehpour © 2002
The
King of Indian Taal-s
Teentaal Theka, Kaida-s and Tihai-s
Introduction
Indian
musicians believe that teentaal is the King of taal-s (rhythms) and because of this I give here some compositions
in this taal.
Teenta...
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| Udu or Ghatam |
Udu or Ghatam - Pot Drum
Not
at all a membranophone but rather
part idiophone, part percussion
aerophone, The udu drum has been around for centuries, tempting subtle rhythms
from the master drummers of Nigeria and modern day percussionists alike. Udu
quite simply means ‘pot in the language of the Ibo tribe o...
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| Tabla |
Tabla
Notes by Pete Lockett ©
2001 - www.petelockett.com
The Drums
The Tabla originates from North
India and consists of a set of two drums,
treble and bass. They are distinct from most other drums in the world,
in that each drum is played with a different hand. Very seldo...
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| Kanjira |
Kanjira
Listen to Ganesh Kumar demonstrate the Kanjira (linked
from Cooperman Dr ums site)
We’re going to look at the basics of the South India drum
called kanjira, which is found primarily within the Carnatic classical music
system. I perform solos on this drum on my first tw...
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