Vinod Jeengar

yes his contribution to Indian music is great and cannot be understated.

One of the most significant contributions of Ustad Zakir Hussain is that before him, tabla was not mainstream (I am absolutely not implying that there were no maestros before him - In fact his father the great Alla Rakha was a legend in his own right).

Before him, tabla was always viewed as an accompaniment and the focus was always on the primary performer (be it a vocalist or any other instrumentalist like the sitar or the sarod). But he burst on to the scene and he made tabla look contemporary.

His TV commercial appearances (Taj Mahal Tea - link below) helped demolish the unnecessary orthodox/elitist image of classical music (From the average TV watching crowd in India, even if someone is absolutely ignorant about classical music, the moment you say ‘Wah Taj!’, they would instantly understand what you’re referring to - some would even do a silly head rocking movement similar to how ‘he’ does)

take a few years. First of all you should the hang of the gharana you are playing for, like Benares style of playing , farrukabad style of playing, delhi style of playing, punjab style of playing.

Riyaaz is a very important, and it is good to practise atleast 1 hour a day, starting with vilambit(slow speed) first and then do the ‘fixed compositions of the gharanas’ in drut laya.

It is also good that you have a good sense of visualising time and quantising it. I mean you should be comfortable with layakari. Practise speaking a composition aloud everyday, and try to play with its speed.

Finally, to become an artist, learn the parts of what makes a performance as an accompanist.

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Some of the difficulties people face with German are similar to those they face when learning other languages.  Perhaps the most jarring difference is that German is not nearly as flexible as English If there is a rule in the German language, then there are few, if any, exceptions to it.

There are total 6 levels in German language.

A1, A2,B1,B2,C1,C2

1) A1:- level 1st

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• Handle most situations that one would encounter when traveling in German-speaking countries.
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• easily understand relatively long radio talks and radio programmes,
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• Understand everything in German that you read and hear effortlessly
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German Language, learning an specific language for specific country will always help to live in that place, and adjust in their environment. Those who wish to settle in Germany, to study, work or live there, need to learn German. To many it may sound like a lot of stuff to learn and a lot of hard work to do and maybe even senseless, but actually it is not. If you really want to make a life in Germany, one thing is paramount: you have to speak German. There you mainly learn German, but you'll also learn about your rights about living in Germany.

As German people are very much connected towards their culture and language, so if you have the knowledge about their language and culture you can easily connect with them. The beauty of German is that it enables the speaker to express an idea in its deepest complexity with only one word. Other languages might need a whole sentence for the same meaning.