A Tabla (dayan tabla) being played, with fingers and the palm of a hand. (Zakir Hussain is the player)

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A Tabla being played, with fingers and a hammer. This smaller drum, played with the dominant hand, is sometimes called dayan (lit. "right"; dāhina, siddha, chattū) but is correctly called the "tabla." It is made from a conical piece of mostly teak and rosewood hollowed out to approximately half of its total depth. The drum is tuned to a specific note, usually either the tonic, dominant or subdominant of the soloist's key and thus complements the melody. The tuning range is limited although different dāyāñ-s are produced in different sizes, each with a different range. Cylindrical wood blocks, known as ghatta, are inserted between the strap and the shell allowing tension to be adjusted by their vertical positioning. Fine tuning is achieved while striking vertically on the braided portion of the head using a small hammer. (Zakir Hussain is the player) (46)

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