Hi All-
I’m trying to make this a more interesting place to visit, and toward that end, I’ll be periodically posting videos of interesting music, interesting musicians, and other related visual/audio clips. If necessary I’ll say a little something about them, but mostly they’ll probably be related to recent topics, for example:

The rhythmically chanted syllables you hear in this clip are used to teach rhythms/techniques. Some teachers require students to study these vocalizations of rhythm for a year or more before being allowed to even touch the drum!

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Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha – Tabla Solo in Jhaptal