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ELEMENTS OF INDIAN MUSIC. >The music of India is based on the two pillars namely, the tala and the raga . Tala is the rhythmic form of Indian music, while Raga is the melodic form. What is the Indian tala?. Refers to a metrical cycle of beats.
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>The music of India is based on the two pillars namely, the tala and the raga. • Tala is the rhythmic form of Indian music, while Raga is the melodic form.
What is the Indian tala? • Refers to a metrical cycle of beats. • It is composed of long and short beats that are accented and unaccented. • It is characterized by the sam, khali and tali. sam =the first beat of the tala is stressed as the “ x ” mark is written.
khali= is the empty beat. tali = is the accented beat. What are the different kinds of Tala? 1. Dadra 2. Jhaptal 3. Ektal 4. Kehrva 5. Rupak 6. Tintal 7. Brahmtal
Dandra: 1 2 3 4 5 6 x O Jhaptal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x x O X Ektal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x O X O X
Kerhva: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x O Rupak: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x x O Tintal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 x x O x