Art & Science of Playing Tabla

by Vijay Shanker Mishra

322ForewordIt is a privilege to write the foreword of his book, which deals with the art and science of Tabla Playing, written by none other than the eminent scholar, music writer and accomplished Tabla guru, Pt. Vijay Shanker Mishra.Pt. Vijay Shanker, trained under the tutelage of his illustrious father Pt. Gama Maharaj, belongs to long lineage of Tabla players of the Banaras Garana. Though himself a traditionalist, Vijayji uses contemporary research methodology to analyse the Tabla, Tabla playing, its origin and its development over the centuries from a modern perspective. A veteran writer and a musicologist of repute, he has to his credit more than 5000 articles and publications. Pt. Vijay Shankar Mishra also presented a 13 – episode serial on the "History of the Tabla", which was broadcast by All India Radio. In this Programme, Vijayji looked into many of the theories and stories regarding the origin

354 pages, Kindle Edition