Education @ Kalyan Gharana

Throughout my musical career I have devoted myself to bringing out the talent in others. I give regular classes in tabla and dholak to students of all ages and abilities. Some of my students have gone on and accomplished great things, thus not only fulfilling their ambitions, but also making me immensely proud of their achievements.

Classes

Classes are held in the following areas. One to One tuition also available
Barking
Bracknell
Hounslow
Ilford
Kingston
Reading
Ruislip
Uxbridge

For enquiries please contact:

Tarsem @ Kalyan Gharana
Rhythm World
29 Church Road
Cowley
Uxbridge
UB8 3NB

Tel: (+44) 07947 642115
Email: info@rhythmworld.org

Teach Yourself Tabla for Beginners Book 1

Published by Kalyan Music

Teach Yourself Tabla for Beginners Book CD

Published by Kalyan Music

The book music lovers from all over the world have been waiting for. If you think you've not heard the Tabla being played - you're wrong!! You'll hear its hypnotic rhythms in film soundtracks, advertising jingles and in every kind of music: jazz, dub, rap and Bhangra as well as classical Indian music.

Now you can learn to play an instrument that will add its own unique character to whatever style of music you choose. The subtlety and sophistication of this instrument is boundless, but you can start easily and simply by following the step-by-step advice of international expert, Tarsem Kalyan.

As the master himself says: 'when you finish the course, it won't be the end. It's really the beginning!'

Teach Yourself Tabla for Intermediate and Advanced Book 2

Learn the Art of Playing Tabla - DVD

Teach Yourself Dholak for Beginners to Advanced

Teach Yourself Tabla - Book Review

This book stems from Tarsem Kalyan's work with the London-based Community Music organisation. Faced with the task of creating and maintaining an interest in the tabla among beginner musicians, he developed a thoroughly pragmatic teaching method. This brought together theoretical and practical elements within a progressive and carefully structured process, and thus enabled students to learn effectively. Teach Yourself Tabla is the outcome of that process.

It is divided into 20 lessons which are linked to information on the history, nature, basic sounds, tuning, finger positions and rhythmic cycles associated with the instrument. Good use is made of charts (like the layouts of the heads of the two drums), sequential full colour photography.

There is much here that will be of use to teachers developing pupils skills in Indian music within the 14-18 age-range.

Michael Burnett, The Times