The Music of Hindostan c14.75

c14.75

These give but a slight idea of the intricacy which is sometimes attained by a really good drummer. They are given because the phonograph guarantees their accuracy. Unfortunately it is difficult to get both player and drummer into the phonograph, and I could only manage it when both, as in these cases, were very loud. In the case of song and drum, the song, and in the case of *vīṇā* and drum, the drum alone is audible. In this last specimen at the places marked ‘inaudible’ the drum was quietly tapping the regular beats of *Chautāl*.