Why? Because not all compositions are designed to sound like a march, and their accented and unaccented syllables may not fit exactly into the taal's groove.
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Not all compositions begin on the first beat of the rhythm cycle, nor does every single line of a composition have to fit exactly into the full length of the cycle. Pay attention to how every line of the composition fits exactly into the Ektaal cycle. The first video below demonstrates using a very simple composition set to Ektaal (a 12-beat rhythm cycle). The third video demonstrates improvisation in Indian classical music within the framework of a composition and its taal, which reinforces why it is so important to see taal as a cycle.Īll fixed raga compositions are set to specific taals, which means that each line of the composition is designed to fit nicely into the groove of the chosen taal. The first two videos use raga compositions set to Ektaal (a 12-beat rhythm cycle) and Teentaal (a 16-beat rhythm cycle) to show how compositions in Indian classical music are set to rhythm. The videos below are designed to help you understand the importance of seeing taal as a cycle in the context of Indian classical music. In Indian classical music, longer patterns of 16 beats or 12 beats are very commonly used, and these cannot be understood or applied to music correctly unless they are viewed cyclically. But with shorter patterns, like 4-beat rhythms, one can be fooled into seeing rhythm as linear.
Technically, all rhythm is cyclical because it repeats over and over again. In Indian classical music, it is very important to understand taal as a cycle. All the sections taken together represent one complete cycle of the taal. Ruupak (7 beats) is asymmetric - it has three sections of three, two, and two beats respectively. For instance, Teentaal (16 beats) is made up of four sections of four beats each, while Ektaal (12 beats) is made up of six sections of two beats each. Rhythm patterns have names such as Teentaal, Ektaal, Jhaptaal, and so on, but the generic name for rhythm patterns is " taal." The concept of rhythm itself is also called " taal." Below are some examples of taals popularly used in various genres within Hindustani classical music.Īs you may have noticed, each taal is divided into several sections because this makes it easier to understand and recognize. They are called bol, and it is these bols that are combined in various ways to get many interesting rhythm patterns. Of course, these are just vocalizations of the actual sounds produced by the tabla. In the hands of an expert tabla player, the tabla can make all kinds of fantastic sounds, but there are a couple of dozen commonly produced sounds - dhaa, ga, ge, gi, ka, ke, dhi, dhin, tin, tun, tit, ti, te, Ta, tr, naa, ne, re, kat, taa, dhaage, tiTa, tirikiTa. These sounds are then strung together in sequences to create different rhythm patterns to accompany musical performances. The tabla is a set of two drums of different sizes and timbers that are played simultaneously by tapping on them with the hands in various ways to produce different kinds of sounds. The main percussion instruments used in Hindustani (North Indian) classical music are the tabla and (the somewhat less common) pakhavaj.
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