Zakir Hussain | The Speaking Hand 1 - English Subs

[folopo2]

10,000 thumbs up and the whole sky in stars for you mate! enlgish subtitles were very useful for me who don't speak hindi :)

this is food for my soul!

[paltenberg]

Thanks for the English subtitles. Just wondering, at the part where Zakir is talking about showing off his tabla math skills (1:57) are you sure he's not saying "So how will you fit that into Tintaal?" and not "fit in 3 taals?"?

[PlancksTime]

@paltenberg Ha ha, I dont know much about music so you are probably right!

[paltenberg]

@PlancksTime He's talking about fitting a 5 and 1/4 beat phrase 3 times (called a tihai) into into Tintaal. Tintaal is a 16 beat taal (time cycle). The reason it's called Tintaal (literally = 3 claps) is because every taal in Indian classical music is divided into groups of claps and waves and Tintaal has 3 claps and 1 wave. It's divided into 4 groups of 4 beats each. 2 claps, 1 wave, then 1 clap. Maybe a bit too much info but there it is.

[TheDukenole]

@paltenberg Well, tin is 3 in Hindi so in essence it is 3 taals.

[paltenberg]

@TheDukenole Actually it's not 3 different taals. The time cycle, or taal, is just one, called Tintaal, which literally means "3 claps" in Hindi, but he's not talking about 3 claps, he's talking about the time cycle Tintaal. So he's talking about fitting a phrase into 16 beats, not 3 different taals.

[mewan75]

Thx man !! Thats a great job !! Waiting for the rest of the vids !

[PlancksTime]

@mewan75 I put up part 2