Teaching Tabla

Divakar Ganguly | HOD of Performing Arts | Hopetown Girls School

What is Teaching Tabla?

A Career in Teaching Tabla is very intriguing. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Teaching Tabla, while one should first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Teaching Tabla. The most authoritative source of information on Teaching Tabla is someone with real experience in it.

HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly is an experienced professional with 23 years in Teaching Tabla. HOD of Performing Arts Divakar Ganguly defines 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. This Talk is unique because it talks about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in Teaching Tabla and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into Teaching Tabla. It details these topics within Education 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. Teaching Tabla demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out. 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

It is important to get an understanding of the Positives of Teaching Tabla. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for 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]
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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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