Monday, June 07, 2004

Tabla

Pair of small drums fundamental (since the 18th century) to Hindustani music of northern India. The higher-pitched of the two drums, which is played with the right hand, is also referred to individually as the tabla or as the daya (dahina or dayan, meaning �right�). It is a single-headed drum usually of wood and having the profile of two truncated cones bulging at the centre,

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