DILLI GHARANA
- December 18, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject : Culture
Context : Music maestro Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan passed away at the age of 66.
Concept :
- Iqbal Ahmed Khan was raised in the Dilli Gharana of music.
- He began his stage career at the age of four, under the guidance of his teacher and grandfather Ustad Chand Khan. Keeping up with the family traditions, Khan had actively promoted Amir Khusro’s musical works.
- He also founded Dilli Durbar, “aimed solely towards the renaissance of Indian Classical Music”, which held its first classical event in 2019.
Delhi Gharana
- The Delhi Gharana is the oldest of the tabla gharanas and the first to establish improvisation rules.
- It was founded in North India and is one of the most common gharanas (or Baj) used today. The Purbi Gharana also originates from the eastern areas of Delhi.
- Delhi Gharana was founded in the early 18th century most probably by Mia Siddhar Khan Dhadi, who is sometimes also referred to as the inventor of the tabla.
- Siddhar Khan is the earliest available name associated with tabla that is found in historical records.
- Siddhar Khan and his descendants contributed greatly to the development of the Tabla language and compositional structures of the ‘Peshkars’ and the ‘Kayadas’.
- The Delhi tabla style is famous for its vast and rich repertoire of Kayadas.
- Overall, the sound quality tends to focus on avoiding the overuse of loud, resonant baya (left-hand bass drum) strokes in favor of lighter, more precise strokes.
- Bols such as dha, tita (tite), tirakita and tinnakinna are prominent. The temperament and style of playing is generally soft and esoteric.