Volume: 17, No: 12 ; December-2023
Poorab or Khulla baaj gharana is the name given to this sarina. The Nawab of Lucknow had a strong passion for the arts, particularly music and dance.
The gharana founded by Ustad Bakshu Khan and Modu Khan moved to Lucknow from Delhi at the request of Ustad Sidhar Khan’s Delhi nephew and ruler of Lucknow, Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula.
Another reason is that Lucknow was famous for music, especially dance, at that time. They started using a mixture of tabla balls and pakhawaj (tap/word combination) to imitate the sound of bells or ‘Ghungroo’ that the dancers wear as anklets while dancing. They changed their style to a loud song called Khulla Baaj. This gharana is called Thapiya Baaj (meaning palm in Hindi) because it requires the use of fingers and palms when playing certain compositions. The sound of the palm is more intense and has taken the form of the Pakawaj. They celebrate Baayan’s open strokes. The right hand is played using the fingers on the palm and in the middle of the Tabla, unlike the Kinaar and Delhi Gharana which focus on the sides. This gharana focuses on:
• Theka vistar or Theka palta (variation of theka)
• Gat (a short or brief composition)
• Chalan (a composition with a thought pattern that is a Gat)
• Tukda (an original composition played next to the end of the solo tabla)
• Paran (composed earlier, uses thick strokes from the pakhawaj repertoire and ends with a tihai)
• Chakradar (section without expansion) formatted with thick strokes to be correct You must play three times to reach the total or less.
This gharana has many phrases from other gharanas like Kddhetita, Dhet Dhet, Kddhan, Ghadan, Ghen Tadan, Tagenna etc. . This gharana is also known for its Kathak dance. Khalifa Abid Hussain Khan, Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan, Munne Khan and Pandit Swapan Chowdhury were the bearers of this gharana. .
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