Taalim School of Indian Music: Premiere Institute of Tabla
Taalim School of Indian Music is an institute dedicated to providing instruction in the classical tabla. Tabla is the main rhythmic instrument of North Indian Classical Music. Tabla music involves beautifully composed rhythmic patterns, and complex and intriguing compositions and beat structures.
The patterning of the notes of tabla can be compared to the words of a spoken language. Much like words of a language fit together in a specific way to make a sentence which conveys a thought, the tabla notes fit together in a specific way to make a musical poem; one with beauty, grammar and expression. The listener understands the musician by listening to his or her unspoken musical words, expressed through the fingers.
Students of the Taalim School of Indian Music are taught in the method known as Guru Shishya Parampara, which is the traditional way of learning an art. |
Vibrations and Naad
According to Indian philosophy, the world is made up of vibrations. When anything vibrates, it creates sound. Sound can be audible or inaudiblebut it is always there. In other words, the nature of the world is sound , and it is called naad . The purest form of naad is Om . There are two types of sound, inner sound is antarnaad and outer sound bahyanaad . Music is concerned with bahyanaad .
Naad can be produced through vocals or instruments. When you start learning naad through vocals or instruments, you produce impure naad . Through sadhana (serious practice), one can be able to produce pure naad . The learning process of making impure sound into pure sound is called taalim . You need a proper teacher ( guru ) for acquiring that taalim . Taalim School of Indian Music works on this concept.
Vibrations occur rhythmically and that is why the role of rhythm is very important in music as well as in life. It is said by the great maestros of Indian music that the sound ( swara ) is the body while rhythm ( taala ) is the soul of music. |