For tabla maestro Pt Yogesh Samsi, the weekend has been busy. A solo recital in Mumbai at the joint barsi of Ustad Amir Hussain Khan and Pt Arvind Mulgaonkar on Friday was followed by a show in Pune ...
I have mentioned in the past that rhythmic cycles or taals in Hindustani music may have the same number of matras, but are structurally different or use distinct strokes to establish their individual ...
In the past two episodes of Sonic Saturday, we discussed the nine-matra Matta taal and the 11-matra Char taal ki sawari, two rhythmic cycles that are not as commonly heard as the 16-matra Teentaal or ...
JUST one hit and you wonder, whether that deep, magical sound filling the room really came from your fingers. Could a tabla make that sound? In the hands of a wizard like Zakir Hussain definitely.