UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Lowell Lybarger recordings: Understanding Solo Tabla Genres, Undated

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lybarger, Lowell
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Lowell Lybarger recordings: Understanding Solo Tabla Genres
Dates
Undated
Quantity
2 videotapes  :  2 videocassettes (VHS, stereo, color); Duration: 4:00:00; photo-copies of tape contents list from thesis.
Collection Number
1998001
Summary
Field recordings by collector, recorded in Pakistan 1994-96; edited with additional recordings to accompany thesis (sources acknowledged in thesis)
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Undefined

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Lowell Lybarger is a music/multimedia librarian and director of the Music Lab at Arkansas Tech University (ATU). He holds an MA in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington (UW), an MLIS from Kent State University, and a PhD in musicology from the University of Toronto. In addition to his work in librarianship, Lowell has taught courses for the music and anthropology programs at ATU. While working on his MA degree from the UW, Lybarger lived and conducted ethnomusicology research in Pakistan between the years of 1994-1996. After completing his MA, Lybarger returned to Pakistan numerous times between the years of 1999-2007 to continue his research.

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Full title: Understanding Solo Tabla Genres & Stylistic Categories

Contents:

Tape 1 (98-1.1)

Part 1: "Basic Concepts and Terminology of Tabla" - Tabla solos (Akram Khan, Sajjad Hussain "Papu," Sabz Ali, Ustad Sufi Karam Din) -- Tabla: The Dayan (L. Lybarger) -- Puri: Tabla Playing Surface -- Tabla: The Bayan -- Solo Excerpt (Akram Khan) -- Bols (L. Lybarger) -- Tal (Tala) -- Theka -- Tabla-Related Drums of North India and Pakistan: Atewala Tabla (Sajjad Ali); Dukkar Tabla (anon.); Pakhawaj (Ed Pias; Ustad Talib Hussain); Dholak (Ghulam Sajjad); Naggara.

Part 2: "Delhi Baj" - Sounds and Technique of Delhi Baj (Akram Khan; L. Lybarger) -- Ajrara Qaida Sounds and Technique (Akram Khan) -- Delhi Peshkar (Akram Khan) -- Ajrara Peshkar (Akram Khan) -- Rela 1, 2, 3 (L. Lybarger, Akram Khan, Mhd. Ajmal Khan, Ustad Tari Khan)

Tape 2 (98-1.2)

Part 3: "Purab Baj" - Sounds and Technique of Purab Baj (Akram Khan) -- Purab Qaida (Akram Khan) -- Purab Gat 1 (Yogesh Samsi; Akram Khan) -- Purab Gat 2 (chakradar) (Akram Khan) -- Gat-Qaida (Akram Khan) -- 2 Purab-Style Panjabi Gats (Sajjad Hussain "Papu") -- Tukra (L. Lybarger) -- Caupalli 1,2 (L. Lybarger, Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hasan Khan)

Part 4: "Pakhawaj Baj" - Sounds and Technique of Pakhawaj (Ed Pias) -- Pakhawaj Paran 1, 2, 3, 4 (Ed Pias, Ustad Talib Hussain, Ustad Sufi Karam Din) -- Panjabi Gat 1, 2, 3, 4 (tabla paran) (Ustad Ghulam Hasan Khan, Shabbir Hussain "Jari," Sabz Ali, Khalifa Akhter Hussain)

Part 5: "Tabla Solo by Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan"

Documentation: M.A. Thesis, "Understanding the Solo Tabla Genres and Stylistic Categories," Univ. of Washington 1997

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Description
1998001-0001
1 videotape : VCT; Tracks: 6
Contents:Part 1: "Basic Concepts and Terminology of Tabla" - Tabla solos (Akram Khan, Sajjad Hussain "Papu," Sabz Ali, Ustad Sufi Karam Din) -- Tabla: The Dayan (L. Lybarger) -- Puri: Tabla Playing Surface -- Tabla: The Bayan -- Solo Excerpt (Akram Khan) -- Bols (L. Lybarger) -- Tal (Tala) -- Theka -- Tabla-Related Drums of North India and Pakistan: Atewala Tabla (Sajjad Ali); Dukkar Tabla (anon.); Pakhawaj (Ed Pias; Ustad Talib Hussain); Dholak (Ghulam Sajjad); Naggara. Part 2: "Delhi Baj" - Sounds and Technique of Delhi Baj (Akram Khan; L. Lybarger) -- Ajrara Qaida Sounds and Technique (Akram Khan) -- Delhi Peshkar (Akram Khan) -- Ajrara Peshkar (Akram Khan) -- Rela 1, 2, 3 (L. Lybarger, Akram Khan, Mhd. Ajmal Khan, Ustad Tari Khan) Sitar players not cited by collector.
1998001-0002
1 videotape : VCT; Tracks: 10
Contents: (see previous tape for parts 1-2) Part 3: "Purab Baj" - Sounds and Technique of Purab Baj (Akram Khan) -- Purab Qaida (Akram Khan) -- Purab Gat 1 (Yogesh Samsi; Akram Khan) -- Purab Gat 2 (chakradar) (Akram Khan) -- Gat-Qaida (Akram Khan) -- 2 Purab-Style Panjabi Gats (Sajjad Hussain "Papu") -- Tukra (L. Lybarger) -- Caupalli 1,2 (L. Lybarger, Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hasan Khan) Part 4: "Pakhawaj Baj" - Sounds and Technique of Pakhawaj (Ed Pias) -- Pakhawaj Paran 1, 2, 3, 4 (Ed Pias, Ustad Talib Hussain, Ustad Sufi Karam Din) -- Panjabi Gat 1, 2, 3, 4 (tabla paran) (Ustad Ghulam Hasan Khan, Shabbir Hussain "Jari," Sabz Ali, Khalifa Akhter Hussain) Part 5: "Tabla Solo by Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan"Sitar players not cited by collector.

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Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • Asia
  • Pakistan

Form or Genre Terms

  • Video recordings