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: a pair of small different-sized hand drums used especially in music of India
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Also appearing on the album are American composer Elliot Cole on synthesizer, French composer Benoit Rolland on electro-acoustics and Bangladeshi tabla virtuoso Mir Naqibul Islam.
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Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Produced by Kabir Sehgal, the album features contributions from musicians Subir Roy on flute, Debashis Halder on sarangi, Uday Mukherjee on tabla and percussion, Deb Sankar Roy on violin, Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita on flute, and Uditya Lahkar on percussion.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Think of it as the vocal equivalent of tabla drums, but created entirely with the human voice.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The family’s running inventory included five guitars, three ouds, four tabla drums, and three violins – some pieced together from shards, others donated.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025
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Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Produced by Kabir Sehgal, the album features contributions from musicians Subir Roy on flute, Debashis Halder on sarangi, Uday Mukherjee on tabla and percussion, Deb Sankar Roy on violin, Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita on flute, and Uditya Lahkar on percussion.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Think of it as the vocal equivalent of tabla drums, but created entirely with the human voice.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The family’s running inventory included five guitars, three ouds, four tabla drums, and three violins – some pieced together from shards, others donated.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tabla
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“Tabla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabla. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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