Comments on: She had me at “dhum-tak-dhum-tak-tak”

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:48:58 +0000

dagga always sounds crappy on the radio.

By: achat987

achat987 — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:11:58 +0000

amazing to hear a cute indian girl refer to Reason (with slight accent, too!). her dagga sounds kinda crappy though.

By: cicatrix

cicatrix — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:45:49 +0000

Sagacious mallumolu (sidenote: is "fishheads" intentional or am I misreading your handle?) said it best on the topic of circular handdrums:

to quote the sagacious ali g, "that's an awfully sexist way to be talkin about dem bitches." so if you're gonna be crude or resort to mysogyny (subtle and otherwise), at least be hilarious and ironic.

so yeah...I guess I missed the joke Reincarnation.

By: Reincarnation

Reincarnation — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:23:35 +0000

Cicatrix, You missed the joke or you are looking at the wrong “tablas” (rhymes with). Before you guys pitch a fit about this, I was j/k.

By: mediaphile

mediaphile — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:20:05 +0000

she's also apparently planning (already did?) to go to pakistan and deliver the proceeds from her semi-recent quantum shift benefit. (see the text box on the right side of that page)

By: SP

SP — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:00:47 +0000

Tablaista!

Thats a new one....I have only heard them called as Tabaljee or Tabla Ustad/Pandit depending on proficiency and religion.

At least Manish did nt call them Tablamen or Tabbler...

By: thekingsingh

thekingsingh — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:22:54 +0000

It’s becoming more and more common to see women playing the tabla, and succeeding in it. It would be interesting to study any differences in style or expression between men and women when it comes to playing this instrument.

By: epoch

epoch — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:03:52 +0000

abhi, i loved the heading!

It’s tres ‘Manish‘.

By: timepass

timepass — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:25:19 +0000

Anything goes as far as which hand you use. My tabla instructor didn't care which hand was used on which drum, whatever works for you is fine!

The traditional names are bayan (for bass) and dayan (for treble). But if you're a lefty it's OK to switch the drums. I don't know if you would switch the names accordingly. And there are multiple names for the drums too, not just bayan and dayan. A bayan could be a duggi, and the dayan is sometimes called the 'tabla' too, to confuse matters even more.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:41:03 +0000

What if some one ( say a southpaw) chooses to put the larger on the "bayan" (left one) on the right side and "dayan" (right one) on the left side ?

I've seen that a lot with left-handed tablaistas.