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A pair of tabla drums with white drumheads and vertical lacing, each resting on a round cushion, with a metal tabla hammer placed in front for tuning.
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Ustad Zakir Hussain, wearing a yellow kurta, plays tabla on stage surrounded by microphones during a performance. Indian tabla, consisting of two drums, baya (left) and daya, in the James Blades Collection. A musician playing tabla.
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tabla: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: IndiaNetzone - Tabla. Aug 03, 2026
Revised the article and added relevant images. Apr 04, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Novel Research and Development - The Application of Tabla in Hindustani Classical Music. Oct 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Bloomingdale School of Music - Tabla. Aug 27, 2024
Add new Web site: The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression - Demystifying tabla through the development of an electronic drum. Jun 06, 2024
Add new Web site: International Journal of Sanskrit Research - Origin of word �Tabla� from the ancient Indian language: Sanskrit. Dec 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Tabla: an Implacable Indian Percussion Instrument. Oct 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Governmnt of India - Indian Culture - Tabla. Jul 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection - Tabla. Jan 30, 2023
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Tabla. Jan 09, 2015
Added video example of a tabla performance. Aug 19, 2011
Media added. Mar 17, 2008
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Tabla.com. Jul 31, 2007
Article revised. May 10, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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