Tabla

Tabla [Arab. *tabl], drum of N. and C. India, with body of metal, wood, or clay, in shape of 2 truncated cones joined at their widest part. The single head is laced with thongs forming a zigzag pattern and tightened with cylindrical wooden dowels. The head is permanently treated with black tuning paste; this accounts for its being compared to the right head of the *mridanga. It is generally played together with the bāmyā (138, 179). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Meerwarth…