‘I play tabla most distinctly’: Four young tabla players in Mardan

District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Men According to Bilal Long from Tabla In the world of Nawazi, he has achieved a unique feat by playing four tablas at the same time, which is now highly demanded by the fans.

27-year-old Bilal Long told Independent Urdu: ‘Whenever I go to perform at a wedding ceremony, people say Long Ustad ‘tik tok wala’ play the tabla.’

He said that his Art I saw people’s response to playing four drums instead of two drums to bring innovation and focus people’s attention to my music, so decided to continue it.

The young Tabla Nawaz says that he is now trying to play five drums together with two hands instead of four together.

Bilal Long says that since his childhood he was fond of playing tabla as his fathers are also involved in this art. He has been playing tabla for regarding 15 years.

According to Bilal Long, at the age of six, when he expressed his desire to enroll in an academy to learn tabla, his father advised him to study instead of learning tabla.

According to Bilal, for the sake of his hobby, he abandoned his studies in the fifth class and entered the academy to learn tabla, where he learned tabla.

Now he has been playing Tabla for 15 years in various wedding ceremonies.

Bilal Loong added that he not only plays the tabla in marriage ceremonies but also performs in his songs with famous Pashto singer Asfandyar Mohmand.

Bilal says that there is a big difference between his playing the tabla and the rest of the people ‘because he plays the tabla differently from them.’

Bilal said: ‘I thought that everyone plays two tablas, one below and one dama, so why not come up with a new innovation in my music to make people like it.’

Says Bilal: ‘When I go to the programme, we start with traditional Pashto music but in the middle people start singing, play ‘long ustaad tik tok wala tabla’.

Bilal says that while playing music, he also uses a special stone with the drum, which makes the music more unique.

According to him, he practices for one to two hours daily before going to any event.

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According to Bilal, he is more influenced by his teacher Dildar Hussain in playing tabla, so he tries to play tabla like him.

‘Learning tabla is not an easy task’

Bilal Loong said that each instrument in music has a different tone and each instrument has a different musical range which does not take much time to learn, but learning tabla is not such an easy task as it requires a lot of time to learn. Is.

‘To learn this you first have to learn the ‘three rhythms’ which takes a lot of time.’

He says he has been playing tabla for 15 years but is still trying to learn more.

Bilal Loong says he goes through all the pains to entertain people because his hands get blisters when he plays drums at a function.

Bilal Long is a tabla player while his other brother Jalaldurman is a singer. Both brothers try to put smiles on people’s faces by performing their art at weddings and other events.


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2024-07-10 11:24:41

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