Tabla : For Advanced Students / Sadanand Naimpalli / Foreword by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
“Pt. Naimpalli has given a detailed system of playing-Peshkaar, Kaida, Tihai, Rela, Gat, Paran and various other elements of different gharanas of tabla playing. Besides that there are also some very rare Taals with all the material of playing solo tabla.
I can very well understand how much dedication, research work and commitment is there behind this effort. This could be a very useful reference book for students of tabla and musicians in general.
I wish Pt. Sadanand Naimpalli all the best and am confident that his book will find its place in all the best institutes of India and abroad. It will also, guide tabla players who are looking for traditional authentic. knowledge of tabla playing.”
-Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
“One of my main concerns I have is about the lack of unification in the standardization of the teaching of tabla….. Mr Naimpalli received his training from one of the great educators of tabla, Pandit Taranath Rao. Taranathji’s analysis of the repertoire of tabla was based on logic and practicality and this approach is clearly evident in Sadanand Naimpalli’s book…. This may be the first step towards the way we look at tabla in the future.”
-Ustad Zakir Hussain in his Foreword, Theory and Practice of Tabla
About the Author
Pandit Sadanand Naimpalli, one of the outstanding Tabla and Pakhawaj players of India, is a Metallurgical Engineer by training. He was initiated into the art of Tabla playing by the legendary Guru and Tabla and Pakhawaj Maestro, Pandit Taranathji. After an extensive taalim extending to six years, he won the President’s award for standing First at the All India Radio Competitions in 1963. Sadanandji is today a top grade artist of Akashvani and Doordarshan and has participated with distinction in several music conferences and festivals in India and abroad. He is a winner of several national awards. His workshops and lecture demonstrations have made him one of the great educators of tabla today. Besides being an famous soloist creating new compositions in diverse taals, Sadanandji has accompanied most of the top vocalists and instrumentalists of India.
He has also participated and conducted “Taal Vadya Kacheri” Concerts involving leading percussionists of Carnatic, Hindustani traditions and Western drummers. Sadanandji has also taught hundreds of aspiring young Tabla players, many of whom are now themselves teaching and performing creditably.
Sadanandji’s first book Theory and Practice of Tabla, with a foreword by Ustad Zakir Hussain, has become a best-seller in its genre.
