This is a book about the South Asian pair of hand drums known as tabla. This is the first volume of the series, "The Complete Reference for Tabla". It covers basic technique, exercises, and notation. There is a special emphasis on the compositional forms known as Theka and Prakar.
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David Courtney has been performing Indian music since 1972. He first studied pakhawaj under the famous Zakir Hussain at the Ali Akbar College of Music. Then he moved to India and spent a number of years learning the tabla under the late Ustad Shaik Dawood Khan of Hyderabad. He has written a number of books on India and Indian music and performed on stage disk, and film.
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