The Delhi Gharana is the oldest of all tabla

Tabla

The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...

 gharana

Gharana

In Hindustani music, a gharānā is a system of social organization linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and by adherence to a particular musical style. A gharana also indicates a comprehensive musicological ideology. This ideology sometimes changes substantially from one...

s, and is also the first to establish improvisation rules. It was founded in North-East India, and is easily one of the most, if not the most, common Gharana (or Baj) used today.

History

Delhi Gharana was founded in the early 18th century by Siddhar Khan. Khan, having been a pakhvaj player, was responsible for incorporating pakhvaj bhols to the style. However, the tabla, not the pakhvaj, is now the main instrument of the Delhi gharana.

Playing style

The Delhi tabla style is famous for its vast and rich repertoire of Qaidas. Overall, the sound quality tends to focus on avoiding the overuse of loud, resonant baya (left-hand bass drum) strokes in favor of lighter, more precise strokes. Bols such as dha, tete (tite), terekete and tinnakena are prominent.

Prominent exponents

A few important tabla Ustads are Gamay Khan (1883-1958), his son Inam Ali Khan, Chatur Lal

Chatur Lal

Chatur Lal , was an Indian tabla player. Lal toured with Ravi Shankar, Aashish Khan, Vasant Rai, and Ali Akbar Khan in the 1950s and early 60s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries. Chatur Lal was born 1925 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Lal died October 1965...

and the last doyen of the Delhi Gharana Ustad Latif Khan.(AND HIS SON)AKBAR LATIF KHAN,BABAR LATIF KHAN

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