Tabla
Greetings from Bagsu! Its Amanda! I will give a short brief about the music instrument name Tabla. It is a drum like instrument with three different sounds on it. Though there are two tablas Indians use, one for your right hand and one for your left hand. I have learned that the left has a sound called Ge and the right has variety of sounds like na, te te and more when you do both tablas at the same time at the same time. The way your fingers are put make a huge difference on how your music sounds as well as your hands. Even having a watch around your wrist or a ring on your finger also makes a major difference. Ashok-ji is my brilliant teacher and he has a lot of patience even when Shah, Ilora and I sound like a wreck. We even have a blast getting there. We would take a auto rickshaw and then walk for like 20 more minutes more like mountain hiking. Tomorrow will be our last day and we will make the best of it.
Amanda