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00:30Today we are going to talk about a musical instrument called Tabla.
00:41Tabla has not only made its name in classical music, but it has also made its mark in the country as well as abroad.
00:50Tabla was invented by the great teacher Zakir Hussain.
00:58Tabla originated in Delhi Gharana and after Delhi Gharana, Tabla came to Lucknow Gharana.
01:08The beginning of Tabla in Lucknow Gharana made a difference.
01:14In the era of the Nawabs, the capital of the Nawabs was in Faisabad, Uttar Pradesh.
01:19When the capital of the Nawabs came from Faisabad to Lucknow,
01:23Nawabs from Nawab Wajid Ali Shah to all the Nawabins gave Tabla to the musicians.
01:29And Lucknow Tabla Gharana has achieved an important identity.
01:33Let's talk to that Gharana and find out what has been the history of Tabla Gharana
01:40and how is Lucknow Tabla Gharana making its name and how are we seeing it in the future.
01:48Gharana is a word that is made from the word Ghar.
01:53And Gharana is made when the people of the house do it.
01:57And the people of the house do it for at least three generations.
02:01After that, Gharana is accepted.
02:04And I am thankful to Allah that it is the 9th generation.
02:07It is the 10th generation.
02:09And as far as Lucknow Gharana is concerned,
02:13Lucknow Gharana was established in 1775.
02:20And its founder was Ustad Bakhshu Khan Sahib.
02:25He was in Faisabad in the era of Nawab Shujaud Daulah.
02:32And when Nawab Shujaud Daulah built his capital Lucknow in 1775,
02:38all the musicians and fine artists of that time came to Lucknow.
02:48And Bakhshu Ji also came with them.
02:51Bakhshu Ji established Lucknow Gharana in 1775.
02:56There are a lot of opinions about Tabla.
03:00First of all, there is Nikas.
03:03What is your Nikas?
03:06How do you make the sounds?
03:09Let me tell you a question.
03:14The baaj of Lucknow Gharana is known as Sur Ka Baaj.
03:20It is also called Purab Ka Baaj.
03:23Sur is more prominent in it.
03:27This is Sur.
03:30It is also called Lau.
03:33This is prominent in Lucknow Gharana.
03:36In the beginning, we are taught small words.
03:44Then we are taught the Kaida.
03:47After the Kaida, we are taught the Kaida Rehla.
03:50Then we practice to strengthen our hands.
03:54There are different types of bols.
03:57There are different types of kaida.
04:00We have to play them and practice them.
04:03All these details are very important.
04:06When the hands are ready, then comes the tukde, paran, ghat, chakardar.
04:12The most important thing with singing is the sangat.
04:16At that time, we don't play solo.
04:19At that time, we do sangat.
04:22For tabla, it is very important to play sangat.
04:25In solo, we can play anything we want.
04:28But in sangat, we have to see what the other person's demand is.
04:33How much he expects us to help him in his program.
04:39What is our duty for him?
04:42If we feel that we are playing solo instead of sangat,
04:45then we have to pay a lot of attention to that.
04:48Sangat is very important.
04:50Lucknow gharana is such a gharana,
04:53that people can't play tabla without playing it.
04:58There are six gharanas in Lucknow.
05:03Delhi gharana, Lucknow gharana, Ajradhara gharana,
05:07Parokhabad gharana, Banaras gharana, Punjab gharana.
05:10But all these people are playing Lucknow gharana.
05:14Let me tell you one thing.
05:17It is a compulsion.
05:19The first gharana was Delhi gharana.
05:28In Delhi gharana, the baaj was of two fingers.
05:33It was a beautiful baaj.
05:38It had no strings.
05:40It was a ready made baaj.
05:42But the hands didn't have much freedom.
05:44For example, I can play it for you.
05:47But when the Lucknow gharana was made,
05:51ten fingers of the hand were used.
05:55Delhi gharana didn't have this.
05:58Because of that, we felt our hands were more free.
06:02Now all the gharana people are using ten fingers.
06:06Gharana, we basically belong to Lucknow gharana.
06:11Right now, we are in our 14th generation.
06:16In Delhi, Sudar Khan Sahib, his grandsons,
06:20Makku Khan Sahib, Bakshu Khan Sahib, Modu Khan Sahib.
06:23So, two brothers came from Delhi gharana to Lucknow gharana.
06:27At that time, Faizabad used to be the capital of Lucknow.
06:30So, we are coming from the generation of Bakshu Khan Sahib.
06:35At present, we are here.
06:38My brother, Ustad Ilmad Sudar Khan is here.
06:41His sons are here.
06:43My daughter is also playing baaj.
06:45So, this is how we are moving forward with gharana.
06:48It was an inspiration for all of us.
06:51When we opened our eyes since childhood,
06:53we saw them at such a height.
06:55Actually, Zakir Bhai's work is that
06:58You have given a good education to your students.
07:05But the life after that depends on you.
07:14There is no teacher or gharana.
07:17The way you teach, the gharana will grow.
07:21Zakir Bhai was from Punjab gharana.
07:24But Allah gave him a versatile mind.
07:28Allah gave him intelligence.
07:30And the maintenance he did for such a long time.
07:33He stayed at such a height.
07:35It is his intelligence.
07:37It is a matter of the gharana.
07:39He used to play in all the gharanas.
07:42So, being such an artist is from Allah.
07:47He is still an inspiration for us.
07:49He will always be for everyone in the coming generation.
07:52My name is Aamir Hussain Khan.
07:54Aamir sahib, how do you want to teach the next generation?
07:59Lucknow gharana is the gharana of my home.
08:02I want to teach it at any cost.
08:05What is your response?
08:07The response depends on the audience.
08:10They will like it or not.
08:13But we have to give 100%.
08:16My name is Ayat Fatima.
08:18I am the daughter of Ilyas Hussain Khan.
08:21I am learning tabla.
08:23My grandfather used to play tabla.
08:28Ustad Afaaq Hussain Khan.
08:32I am learning tabla from my father.
08:35I am in the third grade.
08:37I am a student of Lucknow gharana.
08:40I have done my PhD under Ustad Ilma Hussain Khan.
08:45Ustad Ilma Hussain Khan was my guide.
08:51Professor Mukund Bhare was my PhD guide.
08:56Ustad Afaaq Hussain Khan was my father.
09:05I have done my PhD on Ustad Afaaq Hussain Khan.
09:10I have written a book.
09:13I want to show it to you.
09:15Tabla player Lucknow gharana and Ustad Afaaq Hussain Khan.
09:18Ustad Afaaq Hussain Khan used to play tabla and sing songs.
09:25I have given all these things in this book.
09:28I am trying to contribute to this gharana.
09:35My name is Rudrakh Shukla.
09:38I study in class 4.
09:40I study in Lama Junior College.
09:43Why do you want to learn tabla?
09:47I want to play like my father.
09:53He is my guru.
09:55Do you have any plans for the future?
09:58How will you play tabla?
10:00What will you do in the future?
10:02How will you take it as a career?
10:04Will you go to the top of the world?
10:09I want to play in different programs with my guru.
10:14My name is Abhishek Rawat.
10:16I study in Awasi Public College.
10:21I am a first year student.
10:25I learn with my guru.
10:28Why do you want to learn tabla?
10:30I want to do something in tabla.
10:34I want to play with my guru.
10:38I am interested in learning tabla.
10:41I will learn for the rest of my life.
10:45The new generation of Lucknow Tabla Gharana
10:48is still playing tabla with the same enthusiasm
10:52when it started.
10:54Ustad Almas Khan and his son
10:57are not only playing tabla,
10:59but also teaching it to the next generation.
11:02The next generation is also taking interest in it.
11:06For ITV India, I am Khursheed Ahmed
11:09from Lucknow with Vijay Verma.