Children’s picture book
Written and illustrated by Kiranjot Kaur
978-1-989996-05-8  Soft cover $13.95 Ages 4-10
Sangeet loves music, and she’s good at composing it, too.  Her favourite instrument is the tabla. One day, Sangeet hears all kinds of noises everywhere and together, they have the most incredible beat. But when she tries to play it on her tabla— something is missing!
​Will Sangeet be able to find her Missing Beat?

ALL ABOUT THE TABLA ​

• The instrument is two hand drums of different size and shape, similar to bongos. They make different sounds. The drums are treble and bass drum.
• Tabla is played hitting the fingers on the drum head and sliding the palm to create a modulating sound.    A lot of sounds can be created from the tabla by changing how you use your hands.
• It takes many years of practice to become a good tabla player. 

Click on these links to find out more 

• Tabla facts for kids
• How to play the tabla
• Top female tabla players 
• ​How a real tabla is made.
• ​Tabla craft -make a mini tabla
• Tabla kids highlighted

OTHER TEACHING RESOURCES - click on the links below

• Educational Resources to help you integrate Sikh Heritage into your classroom, here is a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety of subjects. 
• Lesson: The Punjabi Experience in British Columbia
•  Website celebrating 100 years of Sikhs in Canada 
• Teaching resource from Alberta teacher's association on Indo- Canadian culture. 

Watch author Kiranjot Kaur read Sangeet and the Missing Beat with “Gary” from CBC Kids Book Club. 

Colouring pages available for download -click link below 

sangeet_colouring_sheets.pdf
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These videos are excellent to show students tabla playing. In the first video, the girl sings for the first half and then she plays the tabla. (Note that all rights of these videos belong to the creator and not Rebel Mountain Press.) 

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