Here are the links to Gourishankar's Beginning Tabla document, our Tabla Composition Database and a few of the best links on the web with information about the Tabla

David Courtney's Basic Overview of Tabla

Tabla Basics, Instruction with Sri  Gourishankar Karmaker

Austin Tabla  Composition Database

David Courtney's Composition Database 

A great write-up on tala theka and tabla boles 

Tabla Cross Section Descriptions Tabla Top View (Ravi's)

David's Quick Tabla Bole Chart

Toronto Gharana -Listening to Tabla

Ravi Bellare's Guru shishya Parampara (shows a great Gharana tree)

David's Repair & Maintenance Articles

Featured Links

• South Asian Women's Forum Featuring a tabla Solo by Gourisankar Karmaker

• Buckingham Music Austin's finest musical instrument dealer, lots of  Music and Local info

• The Chandrakantha Home Page Texas finest Indian Music & Tabla site

• Gourisankar & Indrajit Banerjee MP3
• Sangeet Tabla Workshop Pages
• Gourishankar Karmaker
• PT Sadananad Naimpalli
• Udai Mazumdar
• Zakir's Moment Website
• Ashish Khan Home Page
• Vineet Vyas Tablaya
• Sanjay Patel - Workshops in GA
• Shiv Naimpally's webpage
• Sanjay Dixitt's Home Page
• Mike's (Rabbi Terekita's) Home Page

            MORE TABLA LINKS

Indian Classical Music Circle of Austin,     3004Guadalupe,Austin,TX  78705
(512)494-1200
Shakuntala Desai, Secretary  

 India Fine Arts, Inc.

Austin, TX.
Contact : Janaki Nagarajan 512-918-1351.

India Community Center (ICC) of Austin

Tamil Cultural Association of the University of Texas at Austin

Austin's Sangeet 2000
Amelia Maciszewski, 512-447-6025 sangit48@hotmail.com
federal non-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to providing a forum
performers of traditional Indian music and dance to interact with the Austin
music community by giving recitals and offering workshops
in which local music lovers and musicians can participate.

Indo-American Association of Houston 

Indian Music Society of Houston
9934 Burntfork Street, Houston, TX 77064-5434
(713) 978-7274; (713) 682-3515
Sudhaker Shenoy

 Bharathi Kalai Manram  

Non profit organization of Houston 

NAAD Houston, TX
Contact : Narayan Sardesai, 281-359-5522
nsardesai@juno.com
 

Indian Dance Circle San Antonio
Contact : Dr.Rajam Ramamurthy 210-698-0023

  Stephen Slawek UT, Indian Music teacher 

Indian Classical Music Circle of Dallas DFW

P.O. Box 50603, Dallas, Texas 75250-0603   

214-513-7741  FAX 253-663-9180

E-Mail webmaster@icmcdfw.org

India Association of North Texas
777 South Central Expressway, Suite 7-C, Richardson, TX 75080
(972) 234-4268; (972) 252-4315; Fax (972) 783-4868
info@iant.org, Tai Kundawalm

Buckingham Music

Our own local Indian instrument dealer, 

For information about tabla lessons and workshops in Austin or to contact Warren Ashford

 ashford2@hotmail.com