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NAME

Music::Percussion::Tabla - Play the tabla!

VERSION

version 0.0500

SYNOPSIS

use Music::Percussion::Tabla ();

my $t = Music::Percussion::Tabla->new;

$t->timidity_cfg('/tmp/timidity.cfg'); # optional

say $t->soundfont;

for (1 .. $t->bars) {
  $t->strike('ta', $t->eighth);
  $t->strike('ta', $t->eighth);
  $t->strike('tun');
  $t->strike('ge');
  $t->rest($t->quarter);
}
$t->dha($t->quarter, 65, 61);

$t->play_with_timidity;
# OR:
$t->write; # save the score as a MIDI file

DESCRIPTION

Music::Percussion::Tabla provides named associations between tabla drum sounds and the included soundfont file (which is 4.1MB).

Here are my "non-tabla player" descriptions of the sounds:

 # MIDI Bol  - Description
...
 1  60  tin  - ringing mid
 2  61  ti   - muted low
 3  62  ?    - slap
 4  63  tin  - ringing mid slap
 5  64  ke   - low knock
 6  65  ge   - muted ringing low
 7  66  ge   - lower
 8  67  dhun - low-up
 9  68  ti   - muted slap
10  69  ?    - ringing low
11  70  ti   - flam slap
12  71  ta   - loud tap
13  72  ti   - lowest mute
14  73  tun  - ringing low
15  74  ?    - muted low
16  75  ta   - loud tap double
17  76  ge   - high-low
18  77  ke   - high slap
19  78  na   - tap
20  79  ?    - high knock
21  80  dhun - short low-up
22  81  na   - mid tap
23  82  ti   - muted tap
24  83  tin  - mid
25  84  ?    - muted
26  85  ta   - loud mid double
27  86  ti   - slightly more muted
28  87  tin  - low mid
29  88  ta   - ringing mid
...

To play patches by number (for the unknown bols, for instance), do this to add to the 84th MIDInum entry score:

$tabla->note($tabla->eighth, 84);

To play patches simultaneously, that would be:

$tabla->note($tabla->eighth, 84, 79);

ATTRIBUTES

soundfont

$soundfont = $tabla->soundfont;

The file location, where the tabla soundfont resides.

Default: dist_dir()/Tabla.sf2

patches

$patches = $tabla->patches;

Each bol can be 1 or more patch numbers.

Default bol patches:

ga:   65
ge:   66 76
ke:   64 77 79
na:   78 81
ta:   71 75 85
ti:   61 68 70 72 82 86
tin:  60 63 83 87
tun:  88

METHODS

new

$tabla = Music::Percussion::Tabla->new(%args);

Create a new Music::Percussion::Tabla object. This uses the constructor attributes of MIDI::Drummer::Tiny.

strike

$tabla->strike($bol);
$tabla->strike($bol, $duration);
$tabla->strike($bol, $duration, $patch);

Single strike bols:

ga, ge, ke, na, ta, ti, tin, tun

The duration is a note length like $tabla->eighth (or 'en' in MIDI-Perl notation).

Each bol can be 1 or more patch numbers. For bols with more than one patch possibility, calling that method with either no patch or a patch of -1 will play one of the patches at random.

double_strike

$tabla->double_strike($bol);
$tabla->double_strike($bol, $duration);

Double strike bols:

dha, dhin, dhit, dhun

Play a double-strike on the baya and daya drums for the given bol and duration.

SEE ALSO

The t/01-methods.t and eg/* programs in this distribution.

Moo

File::ShareDir

https://gleitz.github.io/midi-js-soundfonts/Tabla/Tabla.sf2 (4.1MB)

https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Tabla

https://www.taalgyan.com/theory/basic-bols-on-tabla/

https://kksongs.org/tabla/chapter02.html & https://kksongs.org/tabla/chapter03.html

AUTHOR

Gene Boggs <gene.boggs@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2023-2025 by Gene Boggs.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)