Delhi gharana

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The Delhi or Dilli Gharana, is a tabla traditional playing style, "regarded by many as the fountainhead of all the tabla gharanas" and known for being the first and oldest gharana playing style of tabla. It also is one of the six most common styles of playing of the Hindustani tabla. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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This tradition was founded by Sidhar Khan Dhadi in the early 18th century. The tradition is regarded for establishing a distinction from pakhawaj repertoire, do ungliyon ka baaj (two-finger style), and contributing improvisation conventions like peshkar and qayada. [6] Heirs of this gharana went on to establish other traditions like Punjab gharana, Lucknow gharana, Ajrada gharana, Farukhabad gharana and Benares gharana.

History

Origins

Delhi Gharana was founded by Sidhar Khan Dhadi in the early-18th century. [1] Sometimes referred to as the inventor of the tabla, [7] Sidhar Khan Dhadi is the earliest available name associated with tabla in historical records. [8] He was initially a pakhawaj player from the tradition of Lala Bhavanidas.

Aesthetics

Technique

Considered a moderately resonant style (like Ajrada), the Delhi gharana is classified with the "bandh baaj" (closed style) rather than the "khula baaj" (open style) of Punjab gharana and Farukhabad gharana. [2] [1]

Repertoire

Delhi gharana is reputed for its vast repertoire of qayadas - a structured improvisation consisting of a theme and variations. [5] [2]

Musicality

Delhi gharana values sound quality that: [9]

Legacy

Sidhar Khan Dhadi and his descendants contributed greatly to the development of the tabla language, compositional structures of the peshkars and qayadas. [10] Many compositions from this school are standard and introductory repertoire taught to students of all tabla gharanas.

Exponents

A few notable masters of this school are Ustad Nathu Khan (1875–1940), Gamay Khan (1883–1958), Ustad Munnu Khan (the three brothers) and Ustad Gamay Khan's son Ustad Inam Ali Khan (1924–1986), his son Gulam Haider Khan, and Asif Ali Khan, Pandit Chatur Lal (1924–1966), Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan (1942-1989) and his sons Akbar Latif Khan and Babar Latif Khan, as well as Canadian tabla player and vocalist Cassius Khan (1974).

18th Century

19th Century

20th Century

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pradhan, Aneesh. "Listen: Tabla performances by maestros of the Delhi gharana, where it all began". Scroll.in (India) website. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lalithaa Krishnan. "Techniques of the tabla". The Hindu newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chaitanya Kunte (24 September 2010). "Gharanas of Tabla". SwarGanga Music Foundation website. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Gottlieb, Robert S. (1993). Solo Tabla Drumming of North India: Inam Ali Khan, Keramatullah Khan, and Wajid Hussain. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers via Google Books website. p. 49. ISBN   9788120810938.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Delhi gharana". IndianClassicalMusic.com website. Archived from the original on 16 November 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  6. ↑ R̥shitosha, Kumāra (2015). Tabale kā udgama evaṃ Dillī gharānā: prācīna bandiśoṃ kā sañcayana. Kanishka Pabliśarsa, Ḍisṭrībyūṭarsa. ISBN   9788184576450.
  7. ↑ Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī (2011). The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780195650983.
  8. ↑ The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India. Oxford University Press. 8 February 2011. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195650983.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-19-565098-3.
  9. ↑ Wegner, Gert-Matthias; Vintage Tabla Repertory, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2004.
  10. ↑ 'Tabla playing lessons described and made easy' of Delhi gharana on YouTube uploaded 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 15 January 2022
  11. ↑ "Asif Ali: tabla player with a promise". Dawn newspaper. 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

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