The classes deal with the technical aspects of playing the Tabla. The major feature is the transition from playing bols or syllables on the tabla to playing compositions on different beat cycles. It covers the following:

• ‘Shuruwaat’ or the ‘beginning’ in solo tabla playing
• ‘Kaida’ or the application of bol while playing the tabla
• ‘Rela’ practice of playing bols in speed 
• ‘Tukra’ played at the end of a solo performance
• ‘Chakradar’ rendering of bols on the tabla in a cyclical pattern
• ‘Gat’ provides students scope for interpretations and improvisations
• Basic rhythm exercises for command over the ‘laya’

The above compositions are played in fixed patterns of rhythm which are either a Teentaal (16 beats), Jhaptaal (10 beats), Dadra (6 beats), Keherwa (8 beats), or Rupak (7 beats). By the end of this course, students will be well versed with the basics of tabla playing, elementary compositions, and playing these compositions as per rhythm cycles or taals.

About the Teacher: Music is in his genes. Born to an acclaimed Harmonium Maestro Pandit Jyoti Goho, Sourabh entered the world of music at the tender age of five. A couple of years later Sourabh trained with renowned Tabla Legend, Late Pandit Shankar Ghosh, and also took training under eminent Percussionist and Composer, Maestro Bickram Ghosh. Interestingly he performed in his master’s orchestra at the age of nine. 

Sourabh’s undoubted talent kept evolving complimented by his perfecting skills, leading him to earn a National Scholarship Award from the Government of India in 2010. The scholarship is not the only feather in his cap as he has accumulated awards and accolades aplenty. 

Sourabh as a young exponent of tabla has been enchanting audiences, at home and abroad, with his skillful mastery of the tabla. Sourabh currently teaches Tabla on five continents and in 10 countries around the globe. He has successfully taught more than 50+ online students and 100+ students physically at his institute Indradhanu in Kolkata. 

He has recently been a participant in the coveted Latin Grammy award-winning album "70 Veces 7" of a famous band from Latin America called Alfareros. Sourabh has a bright distinct future in front of him with every possibility of getting his name etched in history as one of the illustrious tabla artists of his generation.