Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small hand drum of northern India.
- noun A pair of drums, differing in size and tone, played together.
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- noun music A pair of tuned hand
drums ; used in various musical genres of theIndian subcontinent , that are similar tobongos .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In addition to the instrument itself, the term tabla is often used in reference to this knowledge and the process of its transmission.
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The term tabla is derived from an Arabic word, tabl, which simply means "drum."
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The main distinction of the tabla is the pairing of two different types of single-headed drums, whereas the dukkar, dukra, and duggi are pairs of the same type and the mridangam and dhol are double-headed, barrel-shaped drums.
Archive 2009-10-01 photographerno1 2009
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His bands moved between the Asian drum called a tabla and Western instruments like the accordion, and he sang of love, explicitly.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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His bands moved between the Asian drum called a tabla and Western instruments like the accordion, and he sang of love, explicitly.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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His bands moved between the Asian drum called a tabla and Western instruments like the accordion, and he sang of love, explicitly.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Mukta is the first-call tabla-maker to provide the instrument for Ustad Zakir Hussain when he is in town.
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His bands moved between the Asian drum called a tabla and Western instruments like the accordion, and he sang of love, explicitly.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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His bands moved between the Asian drum called a tabla and Western instruments like the accordion, and he sang of love, explicitly.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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To call tabla a mere percussion instrument alone would be a vast understatement of its musical range, as one of the most revered of all classical Indian musical instruments.
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