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Pd-Extended Project Tabla
Background:
Tabla is a pair of small hand drums attached together. Furthermore, it is very popular in North India, where it is used in devotional or classical music ceremonies. The term tabla is derived from an Arabic word, tabl, which simply means, “drum.” One drum is slightly larger than the other and it is played using pressure from the heel of the hand to vary the pitch. The smaller drum, played with the dominant hand, is called dayan (right) or tabla. The larger drum, played with the other hand, is called bayan (left). The bayan has a much deeper bass tone.
The pattern of playing a pair of tabla is very unique due to the fact that you play with the timing of either separately or in combination of the dayan and bayan. Right and left drums are capable of producing a wide variety of sonorities. There are an estimated 350 talas, a number of beats in duration in North Indian music. However, there are ten, which are in common use. The ten common talas are Tintal, Sitarkhani, Keharwa, Dadra, Rupak, Jhaptal, Ektal, Charachar, and Chowtal, Dhammar. There are three unusual talas due to their ending with 1 ½ beats at the end of cycles. These talas are Ardha Jaital, Upa Dasi, and Chartal Ki Sawarim, contain two or more group of 1 ½ beats.
You will be able to play all of the talas in the Pd (Pure Data)-extended application I had built. However, I will give Tintal talas in more descriptive analysis on the pattern. This way you get a better understanding of how tablas’ patterns work. Here are the basic strokes with dayan (right) and bayan (left). For example, Ta, is played on the dayan drum by striking sharply with the index finger against the rim. For the Dha it is a combination of Ta and Ghe (Gottlieb, 19-30). Tintal contain 16 beats, divided 4 + 4 + 4 + 4. The beats are as followed: + 2 0 3
|:dha dhin dhin dha dha dhin dhin dha na tin tin ta ta dhin dhin dha:|
For more information on the pattern of the stroke please go to this site, which will give more visual descriptive information on how to play the drums.
Pd-Extended:
Here is how I programmed all the tabla beats in Pd (Pure Data)-extended application. To read audio quickly from memory and performed a really interesting transformation I decided to use tables and arrays to store audio files. Many codes are necessary to function as a whole. However, I will discuss only a few important ones. First, to send a message that instructs users to read the contents from the open panel resizes the table and read contents into the channels L and R. I used code, [read –resize $1 channelL channelR]. Furthermore, we need to take the total size of the sound file and divide the sample rate so the result from here is going to give us the rate at which table read with phaser. The math code was written as follows: [expr 44100 / $f1]. In order for sawtooth audio to read back audio from the tables I used an object box with code written as [tabread~4 channelL]. The rest of the codes were added so they would visually look presentable and for the control purpose.
Finally, programing such tabla pattern in Pd-extended is indeed challenging. At the beginning I was unable to come up with any solution due to the fact that I had no background knowledge on the instrument and how its rhythmic patterns work. Though I had no idea how to start, I did have an idea on what my final product should be. First, I had to figure out how tabla pattern actually works. I did that by doing lots of research on reading books on tabla. Since these drums are very ancient and originate in India, my resources were very limited.
More importantly, I did figure out the code to build my application and I am very happy with that. However, if I had to start this project now I would get more help from the professional musicians who have wide expertise on tabla. This way I would have more time to spend with the innovative technology and how this application would help anyone who desires to learn how to play tabla. One of my futuristic goals would be to program video within Pd-extended and at the same time sync it with the tabla pattern. This way it will help those who have no idea how to play the tabla.
Work Cited
1. "Solo Tabla Drumming of North India ... - Robert S. Gottlieb." Google Books.
Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=f-xk7L_DNcUC>.
2. "Tabla - Sadanand Naimpalli." Google Books. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://
books.google.co.in/books?id=Z63zvthhbhAC>.
Tabla is a pair of small hand drums attached together. Furthermore, it is very popular in North India, where it is used in devotional or classical music ceremonies. The term tabla is derived from an Arabic word, tabl, which simply means, “drum.” One drum is slightly larger than the other and it is played using pressure from the heel of the hand to vary the pitch. The smaller drum, played with the dominant hand, is called dayan (right) or tabla. The larger drum, played with the other hand, is called bayan (left). The bayan has a much deeper bass tone.
The pattern of playing a pair of tabla is very unique due to the fact that you play with the timing of either separately or in combination of the dayan and bayan. Right and left drums are capable of producing a wide variety of sonorities. There are an estimated 350 talas, a number of beats in duration in North Indian music. However, there are ten, which are in common use. The ten common talas are Tintal, Sitarkhani, Keharwa, Dadra, Rupak, Jhaptal, Ektal, Charachar, and Chowtal, Dhammar. There are three unusual talas due to their ending with 1 ½ beats at the end of cycles. These talas are Ardha Jaital, Upa Dasi, and Chartal Ki Sawarim, contain two or more group of 1 ½ beats.
You will be able to play all of the talas in the Pd (Pure Data)-extended application I had built. However, I will give Tintal talas in more descriptive analysis on the pattern. This way you get a better understanding of how tablas’ patterns work. Here are the basic strokes with dayan (right) and bayan (left). For example, Ta, is played on the dayan drum by striking sharply with the index finger against the rim. For the Dha it is a combination of Ta and Ghe (Gottlieb, 19-30). Tintal contain 16 beats, divided 4 + 4 + 4 + 4. The beats are as followed: + 2 0 3
|:dha dhin dhin dha dha dhin dhin dha na tin tin ta ta dhin dhin dha:|
For more information on the pattern of the stroke please go to this site, which will give more visual descriptive information on how to play the drums.
Pd-Extended:
Here is how I programmed all the tabla beats in Pd (Pure Data)-extended application. To read audio quickly from memory and performed a really interesting transformation I decided to use tables and arrays to store audio files. Many codes are necessary to function as a whole. However, I will discuss only a few important ones. First, to send a message that instructs users to read the contents from the open panel resizes the table and read contents into the channels L and R. I used code, [read –resize $1 channelL channelR]. Furthermore, we need to take the total size of the sound file and divide the sample rate so the result from here is going to give us the rate at which table read with phaser. The math code was written as follows: [expr 44100 / $f1]. In order for sawtooth audio to read back audio from the tables I used an object box with code written as [tabread~4 channelL]. The rest of the codes were added so they would visually look presentable and for the control purpose.
Finally, programing such tabla pattern in Pd-extended is indeed challenging. At the beginning I was unable to come up with any solution due to the fact that I had no background knowledge on the instrument and how its rhythmic patterns work. Though I had no idea how to start, I did have an idea on what my final product should be. First, I had to figure out how tabla pattern actually works. I did that by doing lots of research on reading books on tabla. Since these drums are very ancient and originate in India, my resources were very limited.
More importantly, I did figure out the code to build my application and I am very happy with that. However, if I had to start this project now I would get more help from the professional musicians who have wide expertise on tabla. This way I would have more time to spend with the innovative technology and how this application would help anyone who desires to learn how to play tabla. One of my futuristic goals would be to program video within Pd-extended and at the same time sync it with the tabla pattern. This way it will help those who have no idea how to play the tabla.
Work Cited
1. "Solo Tabla Drumming of North India ... - Robert S. Gottlieb." Google Books.
Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=f-xk7L_DNcUC>.
2. "Tabla - Sadanand Naimpalli." Google Books. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://
books.google.co.in/books?id=Z63zvthhbhAC>.