Introducing Tablatune | David Rothenberg, Kabir Mitra & Matthew Aidekman | TEDxNJIT

Four Fifths of the World Cannot Be Wrong:
Tabla-tune and the Rhythms of the World.
David Rothenberg, Kabir Mitra, and Matthew Aidekman present a way to connect the musics of East and West with an electronic method to retune and remix the tones of the Indian two-part drum known as the tabla.
Philosopher and musician David Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing (Basic Books, 2005), also published in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Germany. His feature-length documentary Why Birds Sing was shown on BBC4 in June, 2007. Rothenberg is also the author of Sudden Music: Improvisation, Art, Nature (Georgia, 2002), Blue Cliff Record: Zen Echoes (Codhill Press, 2001), Hand´s End: Technology and the Limits of Nature (California, 1993), and Always the Mountains (Georgia, 2003). His most recent book is Thousand Mile Song, about making music with whales.
NJIT Student
Musician
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@nikudekaxyz6498]

The tune of tabla should not be changed, because it is a rhythmic instrument and it is already a highly developed instrumen.

[@rajb4726]

As a music producer and a tabla player, I m intrigued by the musical possibilities.

[@muzafferbatt6086]

Kha se utha laya hai ye tabla player

[@avijitds]

Totalky messed :-(

[@mayukhpurkayastha2649]

spectacular sound frequency tablas❤❤🇧🇩

[@hilarybee1797]

I prefer the tabla to sound like it traditionally sounds. Those electronic tunings sound unpleasant to me. The tabla has the most beautiful sound, and so do the clay drums. I think they are amazingly versatile in making so many different sounds from the one instrument. Also I am not quite sure what this talk is trying to say despite the quote. How did the technician change the tone of the tabla? Wouldve loved an explanation on that. Still, it was lovely playing. Thank you

[@roykrishna8704]

This is fuked up. Almost destroyed beauty of tabla

[@RatherPratty]

What? 😂

[@papibahal.]

THE DEATH OF TABLA!!! PLEASE STOP!!!

[@shivaraml5692]

Pathetic!! Completely destroys the sophistication of the tabla.

[@devanshagrawal5054]

This is horrible

[@anthonylifestyle]

Sounds very bad

[@magnetman0]

Kya lawda Lassan h ye