Tabla beat/note names under notes automatically?

Dorico
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I was looking in the manual?

Is it possible for the program to do this automatically?

ie

Dha Dhin Dhin Dha | Dha Dhin Dhin Dha | Dha Tin Tin Ta | Ta Dhin Dhin Dha |

thanks

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Not automatically, but you could easily add these as Lyrics, then copy and paste where needed.

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automatically would definitely be a blessing for anyone who is a composer but maybe not a tabla expert, and also for students learning.

Also having a tabla vocal speak the notes as a Dorico instrument layered with the actual tabla instrument could be an interesting idea.

the idea is more about learning the vowel/name associations to the notation.

And perhaps also, if the score is being given to a tabla player to play… is it possible they may not know the Keda notation and only the beat names?

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I’m not familiar with Tabla, but using Dorico’s default settings, this is what I thought might help.
tabla

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What is that? just lyrics entered by hand?

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Yes. shift-L (It will follow whatever rhythmic pattern you have)

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Thanks yes, I can enter them by hand.

Automatically would be a great feature and time saver, and learning tool.

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I thought tabla was a strictly oral tradition. Are people using notation nowadays?

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It was I think,

Dorico implemented the Keda standard

Writing for Tabla - Keda Music

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Actually Keda electronic instrument has a preset which are the vocalizations, please add this to Dorico
see here TABLA TOUCH a closer look - FULL DEMO - YouTube

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@maggot Thanks! That’s amazing. I was totally unaware of this electronic tabla. Fantastic.

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Me to! I sort of want it! just a general MIDI controller as well!

I know little about tabla, but I love it…

Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia | EtnoKraków/Rozstaje 2015 | Crossroads Festival & Euroradio EBU - YouTube