Teental Kayda 2 (TiRaKiTa) Kayda in Teental (Bol Notation)

Taal: Teental
Matras: 16
Kind: Kayda
Bols per matra: 4

Teental Kayda 2 (TiRaKiTa), bol by bol

Kayda — a theme-and-variation exercise: the theme states the material, the paltas permute it, the tihai closes the cycle. Read it in the Teental cycle below — free, and never truncated.

Theme

×Dha Ti Dha Ti1 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –2 Dha Ti Dha Ti3 Dha Dha Tun Na42Dha Ti Dha Ti5 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –6 Dha Ti Dha Ti7 Dha Dha Dhin Na80Ta Ti Ta Ti9 Ta Ta TiRaKiTa –10 Ta Ti Ta Ti11 Ta Ta Tun Na123Dha Ti Dha Ti13 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –14 Dha Ti Dha Ti15 Dha Dha Dhin Na16

Palta 1

×Dha Ti Dha Ti1 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –2 Dha Ti Dha Ti3 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –42Dha Ti Dha Ti5 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –6 Dha Ti Dha Ti7 Dha Dha Tun Na80Ta Ti Ta Ti9 Ta Ta TiRaKiTa –10 Ta Ti Ta Ti11 Ta Ta TiRaKiTa –123Dha Ti Dha Ti13 Dha Dha TiRaKiTa –14 Dha Ti Dha Ti15 Dha Dha Dhin Na16

Tihai

Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dha – – – Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dha – – – Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dha

× = sam (the cycle’s point of resolution) · 2 3 = tali (clap) · 0 = khali (wave) · numbers count the matras

Public domain. Delhi gharana tirakita kayda; paltas string tirakita (no foreign bols).

How to practise this

Recite before you play — padhant is half of tabla. Speak the theme in rhythm, clapping sam and the talis and waving the khali, until the words carry the cycle on their own. Only then take it to the drums, well under performance speed, keeping the khali vibhag honestly quiet: closed strokes there are the difference between playing the composition and merely hitting its notes.

Work one palta at a time and return to the theme between paltas, the way the form intends. The app listens as you play, classifies each bol from the mic and grades your timing against the cycle — tabla is unpitched; it classifies bols and grades timing. When a matra keeps grading late, slow the whole cycle rather than rushing the recovery.

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