Tala system Carnatic music



tala refers fixed time cycle or metre, set particular composition, built groupings of beats. talas have cycles of defined number of beats , change within song. have specific components, in combinations can give rise variety exist (over 108), allowing different compositions have different rhythms.


carnatic music singers keep beat moving hands , down in specified patterns, , using fingers simultaneously keep time. tala formed 3 basic parts (called angas) laghu, dhrtam, , anudhrtam, though complex talas may have other parts plutam, guru, , kaakapaadam. there 7 basic tala groups can formed laghu, dhrtam, , anudhrtam:



ata tala
dhruva tala
eka tala
jhampa tala
matya tala
rupaka tala
triputa tala

a laghu has 5 variants (called jaathis) based on counting pattern. 5 jaathis times 7 tala groups gives thirty-five basic talas, although use of other angas results in total of 108 talas.








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