Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri - 1986 - Darbari Kannada, Adana, and Bhairavi

Two legendary musicians, in full command of their respective instruments, perform Raga Darbari Kannada in jhaptal (10 beat cycle), Raga Adana in tintal (16 beat cycle), and Raga Bhairavi in tintal, jhaptal, and ektal (12 beat cycle). Tabla players take note of Swapan-da’s relatively restrained accompaniment in Darbari (compared to the Jhinjhoti from the first half that is posted separately) reflecting the more sombre mood of the raga. I mention this because I often hear tabla players playing too fast or too long and disrupting the mood of the raga which the vocalist or instrumentalist has painstakingly created. Swapan-da performs more playfully in the Jhinjhoti and more subdued in the Darbari and by doing so preserves the mood created by Khan-sahib.