{"id":1054,"date":"2018-02-23T21:20:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ladybassmusic.net\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2021-06-06T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T16:31:09","slug":"and-now-for-something-entirely-different-electronic-tabla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ladybassmusic.net\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"And now for something entirely different&#8230;electronic tabla&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone just lent an electronic tabla to me. It&#8217;s proving to be big fun for writing and practicing odd time grooves. Normally, it&#8217;s a metronome to help Indian classical musicians train and practice. For me, it&#8217;s breaking up some writer&#8217;s block and stretching me into areas that I&#8217;ve wanted to explore.<br \/><br \/>I wrote a quick groove in 12 within a few minutes of getting started with this device. I mention that it runs on batteries as I discovered this while filming this clip. This will be useful when I need to be \u201cportable\u201d for events like Art Attack.<br \/><br \/>I wrote a groove in 10 and one in 7 right after recording this clip. It\u2019s just fun. Gear; a Sangat electronic tabla, NSDesign CR5 Radius Bass with Kaliums strung E to C, Warwick BC80.<br \/><br \/>I&#8217;ll be sampling the hell out of this little unit before it goes home. And I just found a unit with a MIDI interface&#8230;useful for syncing with a loop pedal.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jamming with a Sangat Electronic Tabla\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cgzUgPLWXDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><!-- Default Statcounter code for Lady Bass Music\nhttp:\/\/www.ladybassmusic.net --><br \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\nvar sc_project=1496529;<br \/>\nvar sc_invisible=0;<br \/>\nvar sc_security=\"ec215b54\";<br \/>\nvar sc_https=1;<br \/>\nvar scJsHost = \"https:\/\/\";<br \/>\ndocument.write(\"<sc\"+\"ript type='text\/javascript' src='\" +\nscJsHost+\n\"statcounter.com\/counter\/counter.js'><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone just lent an electronic tabla to me. 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