Tihaai: The Quintessence of Indian Percussive Arts

"Do you feel uncomfortable accompanying the Tabla in uncommon taals? Do the lost opportunities to play Tihaai during accompaniment bother you? If so, then this book isfor you!Tihaais are powerful tools. They can bring out spontaneous audience-appreciation in any concert when rendered. This book invites you to harness this power and break free ofyour shackles. It proposes a unique 'Three-Ring Concept', a methodology that you can use to create your own Tihaais for any taal. As a first step towards building your confidenceto approaching such taals, this book gives pre-composed Tihaais for all taals categorised from 4 to 21 matras and beyond. It does the same for 'Fractional Taals'. The AudioCD accompanying this book serves as a proof of concept.In addition to the time-tested methods devised by the gurus of the past and the present, this book simply makes yet another easy, effective choice available to you."