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Tabla
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The full name of this instrument is tabla-baya and it consists of two drums - the tabla being the right hand drum and the
baya, also known as the dugga, the left.
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Both drum heads are of skin with a paste of iron fillings and flour in the
centre, but the body of the baya, the bass drum is metal and that of the tabla is wood. The tabla is usually tuned to the tonic, dominant or subdominant of the raga. This is done by knocking the blocks which are held by braces on the sides of the instrument's body into place. Sometimes the re-tuning has to be done during a performance because the heat of the lights often alters the setting. The tabla has a range of about one
octave. First used in India during the Muslim period, the tabla is today the most popular of all the many kinds of drums in north India.
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Pakhavaj
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An older form of drum than the tabla, the pakhavaj is about two and a half feet long and was originally made of clay but now more often of wood. It has two parchment heads, each tuned to a different pitch. Like the
tabla, the tuning is done by knocking the side blocks into place.
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