tabla
noun
ta·bla
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Definition of tabla
: a pair of small different-sized hand drums used especially in music of India
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Examples of tabla in a Sentence
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Scott Bolman and David Finn’s scenic design places a rising rock face resembling crumpled aluminum at the rear of the stage; Hussain, with his tabla, and Sabir Khan, singing and playing sarangi, are perched stage right, behind a scrim. — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, "Hussain on hand for Lines Ballet’s glorious 35th birthday," 8 Apr. 2018 Later, student vocalists and tabla players from the Phoenix Gharana School of Indian Arts will give a taste of northern India’s Hindustani classical music style. — Laura Latzko, azcentral, "India's colorful cultural heritage takes center stage at MIM celebration," 29 Aug. 2019 Fans could be watching a sitar and tabla performance one moment, then taking in searing black metal the next. — Chris Payne, Billboard, "What Does It Mean to Be an Independent Festival in 2019?," 26 June 2019 Indian tabla has been my percussion instrument of choice for the last decade. — Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, "Art ‘eats at me all day long’," 29 June 2018 Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.sfsymphony.org Samarth Nagarkar, Josh Feinberg Vocal; sitar; Ehren Hanson, and Satish Tare, tabla. — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, "Classical music and dance listings," 7 June 2018 Shaidayi starts singing as the man to his left plays the tabla and the one to his right a clarinet. — Maija Liuhto, Longreads, "A Music So Beautiful the Birds Fell from the Trees," 28 June 2018 There was no difference between the rhythmic expressions of someone doing a taal that goes with Khattak [a style of dance] or with the tabla or someone translating that into English. — Sowmya Krishnamurthy, Billboard, "Hit Songwriter Raja Kumari Is Becoming an Artist on Her Own Terms: My Label 'Didn't Know What Box to Put' Me In," 15 June 2018 They're managed by IMG Artists, a huge international talent agency that also represents the likes of Japanese taiko troupe Kodo, Spanish flamenco star Diego el Cigala, and Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain. — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Mariachi Herencia de Mexico turns Chicago schoolkids into chart-busting stars," 23 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tabla.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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