Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sur Aaur Saaz
• DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000J4OYN6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,389 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A good intro, but difficult to learn from, August 10, 2007

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David N - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Anuradha Pal: Learn Tabla Well (DVD)

I would say that this is a great DVD to see if the tabla is something you want to learn. But as an instructional DVD I found it very lacking. First, it is not broken into lessons of any kind. A student would have to work very hard to extract a learning track from it. Second, the explaination of the verbal drum syllables in interesting, but I could not tell how the ones spoken in the DVD correlated to the written ones in the included leaflet. Lastly, I may have missed it, but I don't think tuning was covered at all. I definitely don't feel that I could learn tabla well, let alone at all from this DVD.

2.0 out of 5 stars Learn Tabla Well by A Pal is far from what the title suggests, June 18, 2010

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Panch (Georgia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Anuradha Pal: Learn Tabla Well (DVD)

I would not suggest that a beginner buys this product...he or she will be disappointed. Unless you have basic training from elsewhere, you will experience tough times ahead should you depend on this product in your first year. I agree with a review I read that this product is more Like A Pal giving a TV interview. In spite of that I still decided to buy it only to confirm that notion. It does not seem like teaching. I have set it aside while I am learning from others. One day it might kick in usefully.

2.0 out of 5 stars Good information poorly organized, February 28, 2010

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R. Mathews (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anuradha Pal: Learn Tabla Well (DVD)

Sorry, I wanted so badly for this to be a good book, but it's highly flawed.

Although it contains some very good information, it is poorly organized for someone who would like to learn the Indian Tabla drums.

I tried to take lessons, but they were too expensive. I was hoping that my few lessons combined with a good DVD book would get me started, but this isn't it.

The problem is that the material is not presented from the viewpoint of someone who is just learning. The examples are played WAY too fast, there is too much talking at the beginning, much of it not even related to playing, and not enough slow, how-to stuff. She's a great player, just not good at showing how to learn. This might be a good book for someone who already plays and wants to get new viewpoints on performing, but I would not recommend it for a beginner.