Learning the Tabla

I found this book useful as a beginner, the CD provided is very helpful. You are able to listen to what the boles should sound like. Introduction to the Taals, Kaidas etc. are covered very nicely. Definitely recommended for the beginner.

Unless you live on the west coast, getting yourself trained in tabla is quite a pain. This book gives a good start but is quite basic. For such a magical and culturally rich instrument, training should be more widely available to the masses. For the cost of this book, one should be able to take online lessons for the whole year. India needs to subsidize resources that make its rich culture more accessible to Indians all over the world.

I just bought the Kindle version. The CD files are available for download and the link is provided in the Kindle book.

This is an extremely basic overview of the tabla. It reminds me of early mel bay method books for band instruments. I had already taken six months worth of lessons so this didn't really fit my needs. I would strongly recommend learning tabla from an experienced teacher because if your technique isn't monitored from the beginning, it can be difficult to get out of bad habits. Once the basics are in check, I would recommend Fundamentals of Tabla, Vol. 1

Came quickly, and with the cd!

I like I it. Works for me 😊

This is a great book for the beginning tabla player. It shows everything you need to get you started. The tabla is the most popular form of percussion in Indian music; backing the likes of Ravi Shanker and the Beatles. The tabla is no far eastern bongos. It has different patterns, involving fingers rather than whole hands. It uses scales like ga, na, and ha. However, this book takes the fear out of learning them. Author David Courtney was one of the first westerners to learn this fine percussion instrument and shares the secrets in this book.

The exercises of this book are well strucured and easy to follow for a complete beginner. The CD tones can be a little difficult to distinguish, but you get the idea of where the rhythm is going, so the CD is generally helpful if you can follow the text with it. You still need a tabla teacher to show you technique (in order to make the tones in the first place), but this is a good text to learn from on your own in between lessons.

This book is very clear but still, of course, you'll have to work on it ;-) I really do recommend this book.

Ok , Book has very basic content. Price is very high as compared to information provided. Not value for money

2014；9．8。 14；05。 私は、タブラを先生について半年間学んだ。一時間を27回。 それでインド音楽の打楽器の奏法と音楽理論を学んだ。 初歩的な知識は得た。 2年程、訳あって休んだ。 再び始めようと思い、アマゾンで何かないかと調べていてこの本を見つけた。 10分程度見ていて、この本の素晴らしさに驚いた。 「カイーダ」 テーマ、そして変奏。 テカ （ theka, イントロ ）、テーマ、フルスピード、フィラー、 変奏、（その1、その2、その3、）テハイ（tihai, エンディング ） インド音楽における打楽器のお約束事である。 これが詳しい。リズム譜と並べて書いてある。親切だ。 私の知る限りでは、ここまでわかりやすく書いている本はなかった。 もし、あなたが先生につかずに学びたいのなら、 この本を勧めたい。映像が見たいのならyoutubeがある。 タブラを教える映像もあったはずだ。手の、指の動きが分かる。 さらに、高度なことが知りたいのならどう著者による同名の赤い本を読めばいい。 一読してわかったことは、基礎的な事柄をしっかり教えていること。 タブラのabcを知るにはまずこの本を読もう。 然る後、赤い本をよむ。これでバッチリだ。

師匠に習わず、独学する人のための本。 しかしこれだけでは、あっという間に行き詰る事、確実。 thir,Dhir などが抜けており、基本奏法全てを網羅できていない。逆に言えば、あくまで本で学べる限界でまとめている点は評価できる。 内容と値段を考えると、良心的である。 師匠に学ぶ前に、予習としてやっておくにはいいだろう。 ロックやジャズバンドで、「飛び道具」としてタブラを使うならこれで十分だろう。