| Contains information about the history of tabla making and the materials involved. Later chapters instruct how to actually make a tabla, aided by illustrations and photos. Teaches how to repair a tabla, including common problems one often faces with tabla repair. Appendices include a glossary of tabla construction and repair terms and further information about raw materials used. David Courtney studied pakhawaj with Zakir Hussain at the Ali Akbar College of Music. He then studied tabla in India for a number of years with the late Ustad Shaik Dawood Khan of Hyderabad. He has been performing tabla since 1972, and is also well versed in the academic side of music, having written many books on the subject. |