In this section I hope to present some examples of interesting tabla repertoire along with notations. For further information about my notational system, see my article on notation. All pieces here are played by James Kippen.

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The following is a qaida theme by my teacher Afaq Hussain Khan of Lucknow. It is an example of a short phrase "dhadha -dhi kita dhage dhina ghina" that has been chopped up and repeated to form a longer structure.

Lucknow is famous for its gats, and there are many different kinds of composition that go by that name. Below is an old and simple composition from Lucknow that has dozens of variants and different fingerings. Note how the cadential gat phrase "ghira naga dhinga naga" returns, and how there is no kinar (cant) in this piece. When repeated, only the first line is modified to a khali statement.