Product Description

This is a book for tabla-players and those who want to learn more about North Indian drumming. For the first time the hitherto unpublished repertoire of the Laliyana gharana of Ustad Munir Khan is unlocked for the tabla-playing world. Based on his 24 years of apprenticeship with the late tabla virtuoso, Pandit Nikhil Ghosh, the author presents his entire repertoire of traditional tabla compositions in a meticulously transcribed and annotated form, along with recorded examples on CD.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #860470 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 3
• Binding: Hardcover
• 544 pages

Customer Reviews

data base of excellent tabla composition...

Of all the books available on tabla, Vintage Tabla Repertory promises to remain the most precise, and complete. Finally someone had the love and devotion to publish 300 years of tabla compositions in one book. All gharanas, all composition types, all practical taals, and even some pakhwaj 'bols'...in one collection. The notation is unique, but any intermediate student can quickly grasp the layout. Every variation is full with fingering and dynamic description. For any serious tabla player, this will enrich their repetoire by 10 years. - krishna

Good but printing of the actual notes is small.
This is an excellent book that is well written and well demonstrated. The only problems that I have with it is the notation used to print the tabla bols is unique. It makes sense when the author explains it but I have never seen tabla bols written in grids the way they are here. Not only that, the print of the bols is very small and if you really want to study the bols and learn how to play them, then you will have to re-write them out. Not a major deal. There are 2 CDs that come with the book that have various exercises and compositions. These are played very clearly and at a reasonable speed by the author. This is where I think this book is really excellent.