How to play dholak lesson 6-Rupak taal रूपक ताल 7 मात्रा

Rupak Taal 7 beats

How to play dholak lesson 5 -Bhajani dholak भजन की ढोलक

Dholak Stand

Some people play dholak by sitting on the floor or on the stage, some people play by sitting on the chair. Dholki player keeps dholak on his thy or on a stand to play dholak. Stand for dholak or dholki stand can be purchased from market or through internet. one such site is http://dholkistand.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mEyoLbH7DgQ

another site is
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/dholak-stand-dholki-stand-tabla-stand-dhol-stand-for-sale-only-1-left-brand-new/1024012433

Dholak Kaharwa Dha Dha Dha Tete

Play most popular taal of Kaharwa. Dha Dha Dha Tete, Dha Dha Dha Tete

Dholak lesson 4 Kaharwa an other famous style

As in my previous videos you have seen how to play dholak lesson 1,2 & 3.  I think many people had understand what I was trying to tell. How to play the taals.  Kaharwa 8 beat  taal is most popular in the world. It has many types. One of them is described as under. Say 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4  Dha, dha, dha, tete, dha, dha, dha, tete.  Here one can see that in one beat dha is played. In three beats play dha and on fourth beat play 'tete' .  TETE should be completed on fourth beat. some fast hand movement is required on playing TETE. 

See the taal in English

See the taal bol in Hindi

 

 Some songs you can play on this taal:  I am remembering some songs:

1. Tere dar pe aaya hoon kuch kar ke jaaoonga 

     jholi bhar ke jaaoonga ya mar ke jaaoonga 

2. Shirdi wale Sai Baba, Aaya main tere dar pe sawali