LESSONS IN
TABLA - INDIAN DANCE - VOCAL

Underneath we will give you some short information about our offer in teaching. More specific details you will find on the pages "TABLA - Teaching" and KATHAK Teaching". There we will introduce our teachers, let you know some of their biodatas. On the further pages "Tabla-Links", Dance-Links" and "Music-Links" you will get an enormous source of pages from our site and other websites which, we are sure, will satisfy you with a lot of knowledge to this matter.

T A B L A

Tabla is today the most important percussion instrument, it is called the kink under the percussion instruments. The Tabla consists of 2 drums which always are played together: the small wooden one has the shape of a cylinder, is namend "Tabla" or "Dayan" and is to be played with the right hand. The metal one (usually in copper or brass and chrom coated) is shaped like a bass drum and actually the bass sound is played on it. This is named the "Bayan" or "Dagga" On the Bayan the metric system is given, on the tabla all the variety of tablavariations are played. The Tabla is not limited in being a instrument only for acompaniment. In differentiated soloplay the whole scope and beauty of this instrument come up and show the superior scope of this instrument. Playing on the Tabla demands the learning of an syllable system which could be compared with the notation one has to learn if one wants to play an instrument. This syllables can be pronounced or/and played on the Tabla. There is a big variety if rhythmical figures and compositions available. Beside the fixed compositions there is also a scope of improvisation. All this results in the most beautiful sound of the Tabla which may give us the impression to lissen to the archaic music of the drums. Thats because Tabla is the most significant drum in the world which is a fully-fledged soloinstrument and which ist not only in the shadow of an accomaniment instrument.

V O C A L

In the indian musictradition human voice is the primordial musical expression of man. On the basis of the human voice the whole spectrum of instrumental music was developed. All of the differentiated sounds of the instruments can be expressed also through human voice. This means, that, different to the tradition in the western world, a singer does not depend on fixed melodies and texts. Through a special system he is able to improvise on singing the same as a instrument can do. So he is in the position to leave the fixed struktures and follow his own creative impulses. TARANG offers primarily a classical education in vocal. On demand its also posible to get teaching in Bajans and in light classical music. On our homepage you will not find any further information on this subject. If you are interested to get vocal lessons, please contact us.

D A N C E

Under the classical dances in India KATHAK is the most ancient and popular stile of dance. In ancient times Kathak was a kind of telling storys. In addidtion of course it was also a spiritual discipline. Kathak does not only focus on the technical aspect (Nritt) of classical cance. It also gives to the dancer a big scope of freedom for improvisation. This fusion together with the unbelievable richness of beautiful expressions of hands, feets and the whole body makes Kathak so unic under the classical dances.

iIn addition to the classical disciplin Tarang offers also classes in Bollywood Dance on a higher approach which consist mainly in classical styles.

Molly Roy