Music Class - Tabla and Mridangam
Level 1
- Identifying parts of the instrument and understanding basic requirement for care and maintenance of the instrument.
- Identifying and playing basic individual strokes: Right hand – te ते, te टे, ke के, thun थुं/di दी, na ना/ta ता– ki
nar, ta ता- surLeft hand – ghe घे-index fingers, ghe घे– middle finger or ghe घे- middle and ring fingers.
- Identifying and playing compound strokes: dha धा, dhin िधं, tin ितं, dhe धे
- Identifying and playing basic phrases: terekete तेरेकेटे, taka ताक, dhadha tete धाधा तेटे, dhadha terekete धाधा
तेरेकेटे, dhete धेटे, kddhe tete कडधेतेटे, dha dhin धािधं, ta tin ताितं.
- Understanding the taal system and terms associated with it: Laya, vilambit, Madhya, drut, tha, dugun, tigun, chougun,
aathgun, taal, matra, theka, sam, taali, khaali
- Recitation and playing of Teentaal, Jhaptaal, Ektaal, Rupak, Kaherva, Dadra
- Listening session for Teentaal:
- Recognition of the saptak and ability to sing the swaras
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice sessions
Level 2
- Application of basic taals from Level 1 to songs or other vocal compositions.
- Embellishing Teentaal and Jhaptaal thekas
- Recitation and playing basic thekas from Level 1 in double and quadruple tempi
- Repertoire in Teentaal –2 qaidas with elaboration (tete and terekete) 5 simple tihais1 tukda
- Playing with nagma
- Listening session for Teentaal in accompaniment
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice session
Level 3
- Application of embellished Teentaal and Jhaptaal thekas to songs or other vocal compositions
- Laggis in Kaherva
- More strokes and phrases (gadigena, dhere dhere, dhenegene, dhatrka dhetete kata gadigena, ghede naga)
- Repertoire in Teentaal –2 qaidas with elaboration (tete, terekete)1 rela with elaboration (terekete)1 gat
- Repertoire in Jhaptaal – 5 simple tihais
- Recitation and playing of teesra jaati using Dadra bols
- Basics of tuning the tabla
- Playing with nagma
- Listening session for Kaherva:
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice sessions
Level 4
- Recitation and playing of Addha/Sitarkhani, Tilwada, Punjabi
- Revisiting strokes, phrases and previous repertoire and introducing devices for expression (dynamics, tonal color, texture)
- New phrases – trka, dhadha gheghe taka, dhet
- Repertoire in Teentaal –1 qaida with elaboration (teesra jaati)1 rela with elaboration (dheredhere)2 tukdas1 chakradar
- Repertoire in Jhaptaal – 2 tukdas
- Repertoire in Ektaal – 5 simple tihais
- Recitation of misra jaati using Rupak bols
- Learning to play the tanpura
- Tuning the tabla
- Playing with nagma
- Listening session for Jhaptaal
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice sessions
Level 5
- Embellishing Addha/Sitarkhani, Tilwada, Punjabi, Jat
- Improvising with instrumental music (Teentaal)
- Repertoire in Teentaal -1 peshkar with elaboration1 qaida with elaboration (misra jaati)1 rela with elaboration (dhenegene)1 gat2 tukdas2 chakradars
- Repertoire in Jhaptaal -1 qaida with elaboration (tete)
- Repertoire in Ektaal – 2 tukdas
- More emphasis on expression
- Recitation of khanda jaati using Jhaptaal bols
- Learning a madhya laya khayal in Teentaal
- Tuning the tabla
- Playing with nagma
- Listening session for Dadra
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice sessions
Level 6
- Accompanying vilambit khayal (Ektaal)
- Recitation and playing of Jhumra, Deepchandi, Ada Chautaal, Dhamaar
- Improvising with instrumental solo (Jhaptaal)
- Recitation of sankirna jaati using parts of Teental and Jhaptaal
- Repertoire in Teentaal –Peshkar1 gat and qaida with elaboration1 rela with elaboration (taktak)2 gats2 tukdas2 chakradars
- Repertoire in Jhaptaal -1 rela with elaboration (terekete)
- Repertoire in Ektaal -1 qaida with elaboration (tete)
- Repertoire in Rupak – 5 simple tihais
- Learning a vocal composition in Jhaptaal
- Tuning the tabla
- Playing with nagma
- Listening session for Ektaal
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice sessions
Level 7
- Accompanying vilambit khayal (Jhumra)
- Improvising with instrumental solo (Ektaal)
- Recitation of complex tihais
- Repertoire in Teentaal -More improvisation in peshkar done in Level 6
1 gat ang qaida with elaboration1 rela with elaboration2 gats1 ladi3 chakradars3 tukdas
- Repertoire in Jhaptaal – 1 peshkar with elaboration
- Repertoire in Ektaal – 1 rela with elaboration
- Repertoire in Rupak -1 qaida
- Learning a vocal composition in Rupak
- Tuning the tabla
- Playing with nagma
- Using a metronome and mirror for practice sessions
