TALA

TALA

Is the rhythmic cycle of India. The sum total of thedifferent beats repeated in some parts of acomposition. Tempo is called laya. The laya mayvary from fast (druta) to medium (madhya) or

slow(vilambita). In hindustani music, the unit of time

iscalled Matra and in Karnatak music it’s calledAkshara.The tala is divided into rhythmic groups called angas.

The number is based on the assigned beating pattern.

The sum, accented beatThe khali, unaccented beat

1. DADRA- consists of 6 repeated beats from sum (1) except khali

1 2 3 4 5 6x o

2. KEHRWA- 8 beats repeated sum (1) except 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8x o

3. TINTAL- consists of 16 repeated beats. Accent is on 1, 5, and 13 except 9.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

x x o x

4. JHEPTAL- 10 beats. Accent is on 1, 3 and 8 except 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

x x o x

5. DUPAK- has 7 beats. Accent is on 1, and 4 except 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7x x o

6. EKTAL- consists of 12 repeated beats. Accent are found on 1, 5, and 9 except 3 and 7.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

x o x o x

7. DIPEHANDI- 14 beats. Accent is on 1 and 6 except 11 and 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

x x o o

8. SHAMAR- has 14 beats. Accent is on 1, and 6 except 11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

x x o