Teental Rela Rela in Teental (Bol Notation)

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

Teental Rela, bol by bol

Rela — a fast rolling composition built from dense bol clusters. Read it in the Teental cycle below — free, and never truncated.

Theme

×Dha Tira Kita TaKa1 Dha Tira Kita TaKa2 Dhin Na Ge Na3 Dha Tira Kita TaKa42Dha Tira Kita TaKa5 Dha Tira Kita TaKa6 Tun Na Ke Na7 Ta Tira Kita TaKa80Ta Tira Kita TaKa9 Ta Tira Kita TaKa10 Tin Na Ke Na11 Ta Tira Kita TaKa123Dha Tira Kita TaKa13 Dha Tira Kita TaKa14 Dhin Na Ge Na15 Dha Tira Kita TaKa16

Tihai

Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dhin Na Ge Na Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dhin Na Ge Na Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dha Tira Kita TaKa Dhin Na Ge Na

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

Public domain. Benares/Farukhabad rela family — the fast 16th-note cousin of the kayda.

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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