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: a pair of small different-sized hand drums used especially in music of India
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The eldest son of legendary tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha, Hussain was born in Mumbai.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
A lot of the bluegrass instruments work perfectly within Indian rhythms because of the nature of it, three against two, all these intertwining rhythms that go on in banjo playing and also in tabla.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
Zakir Hussain, a prolific player of the Indian tabla hand drums who helped bring Indian classical music to an international audience, died Sunday in San Francisco.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
The Grateful Dead percussionist and Indian tabla master were tight, as friends and as musicians.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
A lot of the bluegrass instruments work perfectly within Indian rhythms because of the nature of it, three against two, all these intertwining rhythms that go on in banjo playing and also in tabla.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
Zakir Hussain, a prolific player of the Indian tabla hand drums who helped bring Indian classical music to an international audience, died Sunday in San Francisco.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
The Grateful Dead percussionist and Indian tabla master were tight, as friends and as musicians.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Tabla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabla. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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