Fundamentals of Percussion -Tabla

By Pt. Ramdas Palsule | Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Learners enrolled: 578

• This course is about Percussion in Indian Classical Music.

• This course focuses mainly on the prime instrument Tabla.

• The course covers various aspects of Tabla,
beginning with Basic Information, some Technical Definitions.

• It further focuses on its practical application.

• Various Guru have taught and demonstrated
diverse compositions ranging from basic ones to the advanced
ones for students’ better understanding.

• Students would benefit not only from the video modules,
but also through reading material provided with each module.

• The course is of 11 weeks covering 43 modules with 4 credits.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Arts
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	05 Aug 2019
End Date :	20 Oct 2019
Enrollment Ends :	11 Sep 2019
Exam Date :	10 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Basic Information about Indian Classical Music and Tabla

Week 2 : Technical Definitions and Explanation

Week 3 : Notation System for Tabla

Week 4 : Chakradhar

Week 5 : Tala Teentala

Week 6 : Tala Ektala

Week 7 : Tala Jhaptala

Week 8 : Tala Rupak

Week 9 : Tala Dadra and Kaharwa

Week 10 : Tala Ada Choutala and Deepchandi

Week 11 : Other Tala

Books and references

• Taal Prakash by Pt. Bhagwat Sharan Sharma

• Tabla Vaadan, Kala aur Shastra by Mr. Sudhir Mainkar

• Taal Prabhakar Prashnottari by Pt. Lalji Srivastav

• Pakhawaj aur Tabla ke Gharane evam Parampara by Dr. Aban Mistry

• Theory & Practice of Tabla by Pt. Sadanand Naimpalli

• Tala Vaibhav by Vijay Kirpekar

• Tabla by Arvind Mulgaonkar

Instructor bio

Pt. Ramdas Palsule is a very renowned Tabla player of India.

Education: B.E. Mechanical

Teaching Experience:

Pt, Ramdas Palsule is an honorable Guru in –

• Lalit Kala Kendra for Performing Arts,

Savitribai Phule Pune University for more than twenty years.

• Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune for more than ten years

• Avartan Gurukul, Pune

Performance:

• Pt. Ramdas Palsule is performing in India as well as abroad in

many prestigious concerts for past three decades.

• Pt. Palsule is accompanying many Internationally recognised

artistes for more than 25 years

• He is arranging concert tours in the United States and Canada

for past twenty years

Course certificate

30% for Course Assessment and 70% for end - term Proctored Exam

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