How to pronounce “tabla” in English

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.His tabla.

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.So tabla has its own language.

And I knew that sarod was the best that I had.Because tabla-- I was very bad at it.How about you, Ayaan?

And then out of the blue, I get a call from Ali Akbar Khan, the great sarod maestro, who has his music college in Marin, and said,my tabla player has upped and gone.Would you come and teach?

And for them-- one friend of mine who's a production designer came in and said the minute they sat in the theater--and having Salar's tabla literally projected them into the experience of the book.And they all of a sudden began to remember things.

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.So the tabla is the same thing.

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.And so in tabla tradition, we say tabla So Urdu or Hindi, means to speak.

And even for strings, I mean, we were experimenting for a long time.So there's tabla. There's pakhavaj.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.I used to play tabla as a child, and so tabla that my father got worried.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.So he hid the tabla for a long time.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.He was tabla sick.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.I enjoy playing tabla in my free time.

I mean, I didn't really understand how that was going to play out later on in my career, but that was where I really embraced tabla and embracedthe science of tabla and embraced what it had to offer to-- not just as a tabla player, as a classical musician, but to all the different formsof music that I was involved in.

And I always wanted to be able to do all of it.As a tabla player, as a composer, all of these things come into play.

Would you come and teach?So any tabla player in the world would give his left leg to do that.Hands you can't get.

And there may be many reasons.a regular tabla. And so that has allowed me really a lot of leeway and kind

That's when I was at--.I say Tabla. Tabla.Female Presenter: That's right.

Female Presenter: That's right.My people say Tabla.Will Guidara: And I was a ma?tre d' there and worked at a few of his restaurants.

And this was back when they were putting guitar tablature on the internet.You could download guitar tablature.So for me, that was really cool because I could get my fingers around some tunes that I was learning and listening to.

So since I was born, this music was playing in my house.And he actually had tablas in the house since-- I think, since I was about three or four years old.So I always went over, and I had a kind of natural inclination to the instrument.

Groomed by Grammy award winner Zakir Hussain, he currently tours with legendary bassist Stanley Clark.Salar composed the music and played tabla in six other "Kite Runner" productions throughout the US and Canada.And we will be hearing a live performance from him in a bit.

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.So putting sentences together in tabla--

But for little kids, I would really suggest that they learn some melody instrument before that.So any rhythmic instrument like the tabla or drum set, if they can learn that before they actually pick up the santoor, it's really easy for them to pick it up.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.But I enjoy playing the tabla a little bit.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.And I was so much involved with tabla.

And you know, oh, this guy doesn't have a repertoire.He thought I might become only tabla player, not sarod player.

Because it was informing everything.So that was my doorway into playing tabla.And then, of course, from there it evolved into becoming a serious student.

And I had been commissioned to write this piece.It's the world's first tabla concerto involving the full symphony orchestra, like a San Francisco Symphony or something.So it's now being premiered in Bombay-- sorry, Mumbai and Switzerland-- actually Bumbai-- Switzerland, and now

in my head and this big jumbled confusion, which I had really no idea what to do with.And so that's when the tabla was put in front of me.And I started to hit it.

And there may be many reasons.And they put a cable under the tabla.

It's still very difficult for people-- without seeing me do it or having it explained to them, it's hard for it to just be placedon a traditional notation in tablature score.Yeah. But then Kaki and I fell in love with each other's work.

And there may be many reasons.I still play my acoustic tablas and-- through a microphone, of course-- and deal with the natural tone that comes out of that instrument.

I could be Athena.And they didn't have a tablature language in common.

That was pretty good.All right-- who is hailed as Afghanistan's tabla virtuoso.He is a percussionist, composer, educator, and producer.

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.And that is like I am riding his drums-- his tabla.

And so I just-- in addition to the music, to have the stagecraft, and the presence, and the zen-ness that he brings-- anyway.And also, with the tabla, it's like the movie "Avatar." We mentioned horses earlier in "Avatar."

becoming popular in Indian classical music.He was performing in Sawai Gandharva Music Festival with on the tabla.And that's where my father actually listened to that instrument for the very first time.

and he asked my dad, can you play tabla?Or, can I play tabla?And I said, no, I'm only 10 years old.

And then I didn't even think about how much love and how much fascination I have with tabla.How did you actually start learning to play tabla and how did that life-- Well, I mean, tabla was always in my house.My father is very much into Indian classical music and film music and old Marathi folk music and all that kind of stuff.

Yeah, I just came in from London.I went to do the London premier of my concerto for tablaand symphony orchestra at London's Royal Festival Hall for the Alchemy Festival.

So anyway, those went in, so by the time I was three when I could actually reach the tablaand had hands slightly bigger to get on to the tabla, I already had all this informationin my head and this big jumbled confusion, which I had really no idea what to do with.

And there may be many reasons.And that's what's happened with the tabla.

And there may be many reasons.I know some friends of mine who are tabla players, like or Talvin Singh and all, they have electrified the tablas.

Gramercy Tavern was our second restaurant after 10 years.And then there was Eleven Madison Park and Tabla, and Blue Smoke, and Maialino and Shake Shack, and the Modern, North End Grill.Catch a breath. Now Creative Juice, which we're very excited about.

So when you're in a class of four or five you hear the other students, they inspire you.You probably need two cameras or if you go take a tabla two cameras.

with Danny Meyer in 1998. And as executive chef of Tabla, he introduced diners to his groundbreaking, new Indian cuisine where he incorporated Indian ingredients with westerntechniques. Tabla has, as you all probably know, received numerous media accolades including three stars from the New York Times. And, in addition, Floyd was named as one of theinnovators in Bon Appetit's 2003 Annual Restaurant Edition and has received three nominations by the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef in New York. Floyd released his first cookbook,

with." And if you're an Indian, you know that the food you eat at home is nothing like what you find in the restaurants. It's seasonal. It's light. It's fresh. It's absolutely delicious.So, we opened Tabla. I opened upstairs, I did my take which was French--I was classically trained in French foods--as French and Indian mix; and the Bread Bar which was the loweststreet-level restaurant was a space we had which--first I wanted to prove to the United States that I could cook. So, I concentrated on that restaurant and my partner would tell

And now, some actual fine wines, not just inexpensive wines, but fine wines are being packaged that way.Yeah, I saw that Tablas Creek recently-- Yeah.--some of their rosé in a box.

And so it clear that it was sort of an obsession.And this was back when they were putting guitar tablature on the internet.You could download guitar tablature.