Tabla - Learn About Rela - Indian musical instruments

The word rela means a “torrent“ , “an attack“ or “ a rush“.It is has been suggested that the word is derived from the sound that a railroad train makes, however this is generally not accepted in academic circles. Rela is defined by the bol. One normally finds pure tabla bols used, as opposed to bols from the pakhawaj. The bols function as basic building blocks from which larger patterns are assembled. Structure is not a criterion for rela’s definition, therefore the bols may be assembled in a many ways. If