Teaching Tabla in the Classroom: the process of transadaptation in creating a new teaching and notation system
Daboo, J
Date: 28 November 2020
Publisher
University of Exeter
Abstract
This article examines the cultural and pedagogical issues involved with a practicebased research project developing a series of teaching books and a notation system
for teaching the Indian tabla drums in schools in the UK. The project worked with
both classical Indian musicians and teachers, and Western percussionists and
teachers, ...
This article examines the cultural and pedagogical issues involved with a practicebased research project developing a series of teaching books and a notation system
for teaching the Indian tabla drums in schools in the UK. The project worked with
both classical Indian musicians and teachers, and Western percussionists and
teachers, to create an approach that respected the original musical and teaching
context, whilst also adapting it to be suitable for teaching in schools. The issues of
adapting traditions, problems with ‘authenticity’, and finding new ways to teach music
from other cultures are explored through the term ‘transadaptation’ to question how
to ‘translate’ practices and traditions in a sensitive way to make them accessible in
the new context.
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