if you know a person very well, it does not matter what name you
call him with. Different relations would call him with different names like- son,
brother,husband, father, friend etc. Once you know the musical technique in question,
it does not matter what name you call it with. Thus different forms of art would have
their own selected names for individual techniques. Frankly one must concentrate on
effective execution of the techniq in question rather than worry about its nomenclature
Q55
A word of advice :
Wah Guruji , Bahut achee bat hai …
On checking I found that in the language of tabla, mohra means a short piece of 2/3
matras played at a faster pace to reach the sam. If the piece is longer of 4 matras, it
is called a mukhada. It was also explained that this technique is very important and
precious like a Mohar (a precious coin in olden days)
So much valuable information pouring in.
Information re: mohra in tabla is received from Shri Sudhir Mainkar and Shri
Balkrishna Iyer
It’s clear now that the term Mohra has indeed different connotations in different
streams of music. It’s admirable that you immediately consulted the tabla players to
seek this extra information. This should also serve as talim to us. Many thanks and
regards