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Lucknow gharana
Lucknow gharānā, also known as "Purab gharâna", is one of the six main gharānās or styles in tabla. It is characterized by the full usage of the palm besides the fingers, resonant sounds, and the use of ring and little fingers on the Dayan (treble drum).
The Gharana branched out of the Delhi gharānā when the two brothers Modu Khan and Bakshu Khan, the third generation of the lineage of Delhi's Mia Siddhar Khan, moved to Lucknow, due to political disturbances in Delhi, while one brother Makkhu Khan stayed on in Delhi. In Lucknow, the Nawabs (Muslim princes) mainly patronised Kathak, a classical dance form of the North accompanied by the pakhavaj, the still living ancestor of tabla.
Modu and Bakshu Khan collaborated with the performers of these arts and ended up in creating a unique style of tabla playing adapted from Kathak and pakhavaj compositions, the style now being termed as "Khula Baaj" or "Hatheli ka Baaj". Among these upgrades, "Gat" and "Paran" are two types of compositions that are very common in Lucknow gharānā. Lucknow style has also conceived its very own item, known as "Rau": it consists of extremely fast, delicate and colourful fillings within broad and bold rhythmic designs working as a framework.
Features[edit | edit source]
Lucknow Gharana is one of the six main gharanas or styles in tabla. This gharana is characterized by the full usage of the palm besides the fingers, resonant sounds, and the use of ring and little fingers on the Dayan. Ustad Abid Hussain Khan was a very notable tabla doyen from this Gharana[1] and He was the first principal of Meris music college (Nowadays it is Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University ) . His student Pandit Hirendra Ganguly (Hiru Babu) was a fantastic tabla player who taught tabla to Pt.Suraj Karana Ranga and Pt.Shiv Narayan Joshi.
Notable musicians[edit | edit source]
- Ustad aafaq Hussain khan
- S R Chishti
- Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri[2]
- Ustad Julfikar Hussain
- Hiru Babu Ganguly
- Ustad Ilmas Husaain Khan[3]
- Pt. Shiv Narayan Joshi [4]
- Pt.Santosh Joshi[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Asian Music. University of Texas Press. 1990. pp. 156–158. ISBN 0-521-33528-0.
- ↑ "Swapan Chaudhuri". Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "'The more I learn, the bigger I feel the subject is': Pandit Subhankar Bannerjee". The Hindu. 8 September 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Memorable Snapshots of Solo Tabla Performance of Pt.Shiv narayan ji joshi". Memorable Snapshots of Solo Tabla Performance of Pt.Shiv narayan ji joshi. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Cadenza Musicians Directory - Listing of musicians". www.cadenza.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.