This is precisely the kind of pakhawaj playing I could sit and listen to all day. I was so sorry to hear of Ustad Talib Hussain's passing; I would have travelled great distances to listen to him play. To me, this is the most awesome kind of pakhawaj playing -- from the heart. He plays it as he feels it! After years of listening and watching pakhawaj players on the web, this movie of Sri Sri Ustad Talib Hussain is my 100% absolute number one favorite! (I love what he does at the 6:17 spot).
Awesome Pakhawaj Solo, the harmonium just tends to lessen it in some way though. If the harmonium could have been replaced by sārangi, then this performance would have a lot more power!
What a great Player! I think there art of Pakhawaj is practiced less to the popularity of Tabla. What a shame, just like people who listen to 'new' religious sants and babas without reading the Vedas. Both are the same - as a Tabla player I can say that the best style of playing is that which is like the Pakhawaj (maybe it is just my Punjab Gharana instruction).
orignal pakhawaj player is young boy of india shashi kant pathak please hear his pakhawaj playing style it is very diffrent it is clear very powerful.You are also good player
Those who killed him never held pakhawaj in their hands,actually all they ever touched in their lifes is a weapon and toilet paper to wipe the ass after takin a shit,nothing more! His death is a great loss for pakistanian music culture
pakhawaj playing is indeed hard. any tabla player experienced it if they know tevraa taal. Playing this taal gets one a taste of the techniques of pakhawaj.
Indeed, I'm a tabla player. I can tell that whatever maturation and power the index finger has gained for a tabla wala, you have to begin it all from zero for the small (5th) finger.
dear shishyupal, your right indeed, as i play both jori pakhawaj and tabla. But it appears that Tablib Hussain is using Vadi Thaap ( side of palm) like most pakhawaj players use, and not the Shoti Thaap Version (5th Finger). But using a combination of both is popular too for certain boles.
Mridangam requires the most skill, both in terms of fingering techniques as well as mathematically. Tabalists produce the same constant beat over and over again. Mridangists, on the other hand require to come up with sophisticated corves on the spot
both instruments are special in their own way, to say one requires greater skill than another to play is stupid...all instruments require great skill in order to play WELL
You are correct. Playing any instrument to a high level is not easy. But mridangam without doubt is the most complex drum on Earth. Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu have both admitted this in interviews. Zakir Hussain even went as far to say that it was listening to mridangam that gave him the inspiration to explore LAYA.
And no, that is not a mridangam. The body and bindings look similar, but there are the pieces of wood under the straps, not to mention that it doesn't sound like a mridangam.
your all idiots =)...cant u just agree that percussion and rhythm are amazing...:S..who cares which is better, they are all amazing in there own unique way
dont talk rubbish! read my posts below carefully. I will never agree with you because i always see tabla players struggling with LAYA when they play jugalbandis with expert Mridangists. playing fast thirakit or dherekit is the only thing tabla players do to impress the audience but to me that is shallow.
It is pretty much the same instrument; a two sided wooden drum. Its playing style is a little different though, because it's north indian and it used to accompany rudra veena in the old north indian music. Nowadays the tabla is used much more and the pakhawaj is practically extinct.
People like Zakir Hussain are the reason why the public wants tabla. Plays very fast therakita rela while making funny facial expressions. Ofcourse the general lay audience buy into it. Therefore people dont know how to appreciate Pakhawaj, Mridangam because they are not as flashy. Ofcourse they are most advanced than tabla but only real connoisseurs realise this.
Tabla can also be sophisticated, but it does not have the charm of the mridangam or pakhawaj. There is a beautiful bass resonance in pakhawaj and mridangam that tabla does not have.
NO! The sophistication in Tabla is an illusion. It does not take as much effort to produce sound on a tabla compared to mridangam and therefore the tabla player can make alot of sounds but he will always struggle to hold a beat (i.e it is rhythmically weaker than Mridang family)
We may just have to agree to disagree on this. If it takes only a little effort to produce sound on tabla, that just shows that it is a well designed instrument. I will agree with you, though, that the mridang family is the king of all the drums.
Not really! The tabla has a layer of metal under the surface which makes it resonate more. Playing vertically (tabla) is less painful on the hands and fingers than horizontally (mridang family). But make no mistake playing tabla is great fun but it is sad that mridang family is not given enough credit.
hello mate as far as l know he wasn`t a rababi but from a line of pakhawaji`s hailing from the drhupad ghrana in shamchaurasi near jallandhar with regards to Bhai Nasira can`t find any stuff on him excpt the odd internet article l have got the whole of the above on dvd if you want it.
Your vid went viral on Concord
signetroup 4 weeks ago
This is precisely the kind of pakhawaj playing I could sit and listen to all day. I was so sorry to hear of Ustad Talib Hussain's passing; I would have travelled great distances to listen to him play. To me, this is the most awesome kind of pakhawaj playing -- from the heart. He plays it as he feels it! After years of listening and watching pakhawaj players on the web, this movie of Sri Sri Ustad Talib Hussain is my 100% absolute number one favorite! (I love what he does at the 6:17 spot).
GaneshpuriDrummer 1 month ago
Your video is a favorite on Praia
jesscarey411 1 month ago
I really miss my Grand Master Ustad Talib Hussain Khan and My Master Ustad Muhammad Hussain Alvi. What a great Ustads of the history
pervaizhaha 3 months ago
Awesome Pakhawaj Solo, the harmonium just tends to lessen it in some way though. If the harmonium could have been replaced by sārangi, then this performance would have a lot more power!
Williamjamesdewar86 11 months ago
nice pakwaj.sorry to hear the tragic end.very sad.
vidaripollen 1 year ago
ITS RARE THING
janndboy 1 year ago
Kyaa baat! Mashallah! I see the similarities between Ustadji's Pakhavaj playing and the Punjab Gharana.
KumarTabla 1 year ago
I think I saw Ustad Tari Khan sitting in the front row.
shrooman777 2 years ago
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yaes tari khan and tufail niazi
wwbbeed 2 years ago
What a great Player! I think there art of Pakhawaj is practiced less to the popularity of Tabla. What a shame, just like people who listen to 'new' religious sants and babas without reading the Vedas. Both are the same - as a Tabla player I can say that the best style of playing is that which is like the Pakhawaj (maybe it is just my Punjab Gharana instruction).
yjvnz 2 years ago
You are right. Punjab Gharana (of tabla) was founded by a pakhawaj player. Hence, the similarities.
allfieldsreq 2 years ago
orignal pakhawaj player is young boy of india shashi kant pathak please hear his pakhawaj playing style it is very diffrent it is clear very powerful.You are also good player
laydarkalakar 2 years ago
@laydarkalakar This is the MASTER!!! and you are telling him to listen to a boy?? PS this master has gone on to Suarag.
shashi Kant is ok...his father much better...
the reason you can't hear well this performance is because of poor audio MICs not because of Ustad ji playing...fool.
KillinDaWelfareMCs 1 year ago
Those who killed him never held pakhawaj in their hands,actually all they ever touched in their lifes is a weapon and toilet paper to wipe the ass after takin a shit,nothing more! His death is a great loss for pakistanian music culture
gleb202 2 years ago 6
@gleb202 his death wasn't just a loss for pakistani music culture...it was a loss for the whole music community.
sharmapulkitmukesh 1 month ago
kya baat hai... what a tragedy that such a rare artist was murdered by religious fanatics.
asankrityayan 2 years ago
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look at young Tari Khan trippin ballz
pritpalc 2 years ago
amazing!!!
pritpalc 2 years ago
Magic hands.. See what Indians have missed because of partition
Sandyisane 3 years ago
The Muslims wanted the partition, as did the Hindus. And we can all enjoy the music together, there are no social boundaries today.
CarnaticConnection 3 years ago
this is amazinnnnggg!
bsingh01 3 years ago
what a shame a musician like this was murdered by militants...shame on all fundamentalists.
amritvarshini 3 years ago 6
@amritvarshini he was murdered by militants...for what?
KillinDaWelfareMCs 1 year ago
pakhawaj playing is indeed hard. any tabla player experienced it if they know tevraa taal. Playing this taal gets one a taste of the techniques of pakhawaj.
gt1111 3 years ago
Indeed, I'm a tabla player. I can tell that whatever maturation and power the index finger has gained for a tabla wala, you have to begin it all from zero for the small (5th) finger.
shishyupal 3 years ago
dear shishyupal, your right indeed, as i play both jori pakhawaj and tabla. But it appears that Tablib Hussain is using Vadi Thaap ( side of palm) like most pakhawaj players use, and not the Shoti Thaap Version (5th Finger). But using a combination of both is popular too for certain boles.
softybear13 3 years ago
mardhang is the best instrument mardhang is the mother ov table
namdharikookeh 4 years ago
Mother????
It is the Mother Father
Grand Parent Uncle Aunty and everything
Not just of Tabla, most hindustani hand percussion instruments
allfieldsreq 3 years ago
Mridangam requires the most skill, both in terms of fingering techniques as well as mathematically. Tabalists produce the same constant beat over and over again. Mridangists, on the other hand require to come up with sophisticated corves on the spot
inspectahdeck77 4 years ago
both instruments are special in their own way, to say one requires greater skill than another to play is stupid...all instruments require great skill in order to play WELL
WU TANG!!
kakkaface 4 years ago 2
You are correct. Playing any instrument to a high level is not easy. But mridangam without doubt is the most complex drum on Earth. Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu have both admitted this in interviews. Zakir Hussain even went as far to say that it was listening to mridangam that gave him the inspiration to explore LAYA.
sonofthedestroyer 3 years ago
This is a Mridang, Mridangam is the Carnatic instrument. Just a Samll difference.
allfieldsreq 3 years ago
And no, that is not a mridangam. The body and bindings look similar, but there are the pieces of wood under the straps, not to mention that it doesn't sound like a mridangam.
CarnaticConnection 3 years ago
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it is infact a north indian mirdang....
the pakawaj is a mirdangum....it also represents a innovation compared to the south indian mirdang...
Ask any pakhawaj player and they will tell you this also considered a mirdung
pritpalc 3 years ago
Ya, but mridang and mridagam are 2 different instruments.
allfieldsreq 3 years ago
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opus88888 2 years ago
Mridang is a synonym for pakhawaj, the mother of all percussion instruments (North Indian atleast).
Mrid-Ang means: Mrid is clay, and Ang is body. In the olden days pakhawaj was made out of clay and hence was known as Mridang.
Mridangam is south indian classical instrument. It can be considered a slightly younger relative of the Pakjawaj.
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pritpalc 3 years ago
Tari Khan is seated in the audience, he also played a rupak solo that same night...
karwizz 4 years ago
why was he killed by militants?
utsavsaxena 4 years ago
your all idiots =)...cant u just agree that percussion and rhythm are amazing...:S..who cares which is better, they are all amazing in there own unique way
tirakita 4 years ago
great and rare
sachinur 4 years ago
TABLA is the best of all the drums of india!!!!!
pakhawaj is also an amazing drum...
tabla524 4 years ago
dont talk rubbish! read my posts below carefully. I will never agree with you because i always see tabla players struggling with LAYA when they play jugalbandis with expert Mridangists. playing fast thirakit or dherekit is the only thing tabla players do to impress the audience but to me that is shallow.
sonofthedestroyer 4 years ago
I dont agree with you.
sonofthedestroyer 4 years ago
is this same instrument as mrdangam?
utsavsaxena 4 years ago
It is pretty much the same instrument; a two sided wooden drum. Its playing style is a little different though, because it's north indian and it used to accompany rudra veena in the old north indian music. Nowadays the tabla is used much more and the pakhawaj is practically extinct.
kaliyarivet 4 years ago
People like Zakir Hussain are the reason why the public wants tabla. Plays very fast therakita rela while making funny facial expressions. Ofcourse the general lay audience buy into it. Therefore people dont know how to appreciate Pakhawaj, Mridangam because they are not as flashy. Ofcourse they are most advanced than tabla but only real connoisseurs realise this.
sonofthedestroyer 4 years ago
Tabla can also be sophisticated, but it does not have the charm of the mridangam or pakhawaj. There is a beautiful bass resonance in pakhawaj and mridangam that tabla does not have.
kaliyarivet 4 years ago
NO! The sophistication in Tabla is an illusion. It does not take as much effort to produce sound on a tabla compared to mridangam and therefore the tabla player can make alot of sounds but he will always struggle to hold a beat (i.e it is rhythmically weaker than Mridang family)
sonofthedestroyer 4 years ago
We may just have to agree to disagree on this. If it takes only a little effort to produce sound on tabla, that just shows that it is a well designed instrument. I will agree with you, though, that the mridang family is the king of all the drums.
kaliyarivet 4 years ago
Not really! The tabla has a layer of metal under the surface which makes it resonate more. Playing vertically (tabla) is less painful on the hands and fingers than horizontally (mridang family). But make no mistake playing tabla is great fun but it is sad that mridang family is not given enough credit.
sonofthedestroyer 4 years ago
Hey bro
Whoever you who posted this THANKYOU!!
Man do u have any biographical info on Ustad Talib Hussain?? please tell me...Was a he a former rabbabi?
Also do u have any recordings or biographical info on bhai Nasira? thanks and please do reply to this
harkamal 5 years ago
Ive got a video interview with him that I will post. Perhaps that will answer ur questions
past594 5 years ago
hello mate as far as l know he wasn`t a rababi but from a line of pakhawaji`s hailing from the drhupad ghrana in shamchaurasi near jallandhar with regards to Bhai Nasira can`t find any stuff on him excpt the odd internet article l have got the whole of the above on dvd if you want it.
piggeys 4 years ago
do you have this performance on dvd?
do you live in pakistan? is it possible to get a copy from u?
danyalrasheed 2 years ago