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‖ tabla|ˈtabla|
Also 9 tubla.
[Hind., ad. Arab. ṭabl (see prec.).]
A pair of drums used in Indian music (esp. that of the northern region), of which the left-hand (bass) head is larger than the other (tenor) head; either of these drums separately (see quot. 1969). Also absol., a tabla-player. Cf. mridangam, pakhawaj.
1865Proc. R. Irish Acad. IX. i. 117 (Tubla). These drums, tenor and bass, rank with the pukhraj... The tubla drums are made of copper. 1888, etc. [see mridangam]. 1914A. H. F. Strangways Mus. Hindostan ix. 227 The tubla, left and right, are of the shape of a giant tea-cup and coffee-cup respectively. 1927Observer 12 June 14/5 The Hindu drummer's saying that ‘the left tabla (hand drum) is like the sleeve of my coat, and the right like such embroidery as I may put on it’. 1955R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will xiii. 92 The musicians..played with placid expressions..only the tabla-player smiled. 1969R. Shankar My Music i. 40/2 Of the multitude of drums that are found throughout India today, the most popular variety in the North is the tabla, which is actually two drums, each with one skin stretched across the top. The smaller of the two drums is the right-hand tabla, and the bass, left-hand drum is called the bonya, though the two are called collectively tabla. 1973‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxiv. 99 ‘No evening Raga tonight?’ I asked. ‘The tabla has got flu so it's postponed.’ 1975I. Murdoch Word Child 3 Christopher was learning to play the ‘tabla’, a dreary little oriental drum. |