Teaching Tabla

Divakar Ganguly | HOD of Performing Arts | Hopetown Girls School

What is Teaching Tabla?

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HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly has worked in Teaching Tabla for 23 years. HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly describes Teaching Tabla as:

The tabla is a South Asian membranophone percussion instrument consisting of a pair of drums, used in traditional, classical, popular and folk music. The name tabla likely comes from tabl, the Persian and Arabic word for drum.

How HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly got into Teaching Tabla?

I have done B Sc from Allahabad University. Taking my interest in Music further, I did Visharat in Tabla from Bhatkhande University and Prabhakar in Vocal Music from Allahabad Prayag Sangeet Samiti. I am HOD of Performing Arts at Hopetown Girls School.

HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly's Talk on Teaching Tabla

Starts with what is:
1)	Teaching Tabla

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Teaching Tabla, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Teaching Tabla. It defines Education in terms of following items for Teaching Tabla:
2)	Training with Guru
3)	Professional Courses
4)	Origin of Tabla
5)	Placement of Hands
6)	Taal

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Teaching Tabla depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It details these topics within Skills for Teaching Tabla:
7)	Interaction with Students
8)	Patience
9)	Understanding Students Progress
10)	Encouraging Nature
11)	Teaching Techniques

Positives of Teaching Tabla motivate one to work hard for the same. The Talk goes through this list of Positives of Teaching Tabla:
12)	Innovation
13)	New Ideas Everyday
14)	Guru-Shishya Parampara
15)	Satisfaction & Happiness

There are a few Challenges in Teaching Tabla which one needs to be cognizant of:
16)	Time Mangement
17)	Teaching Different Students
18)	Less Rewarding

In the final section of the Talk, Divakar Ganguly talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
19)	Teaching Tabla

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Links for this Talk

HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/divakarganguly

LifePage Career Talk on Teaching Tabla

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/teaching-tabla

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20171118-0002

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkNTAyPk28Q

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