Teental Tukra Tukra in Teental (Bol Notation)

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

Teental Tukra, bol by bol

Tukra — a short, sharp cadential piece landing on sam. Read it in the Teental cycle below — free, and never truncated.

Theme

×Dha Ge TiRaKiTa Dha1 Ge TiRaKiTa Dha –2 Kat Ta Dha Ge3 TiRaKiTa Dha – –42Dha Ti Dha Ge5 Na Dha TiRaKiTa Dha6 – Dha TiRaKiTa Dha7 Kre Dha Tun Na80Ta Ge TiRaKiTa Ta9 Ge TiRaKiTa Ta –10 Kat Ta Dha Ge11 TiRaKiTa Dha – –123Dha Ti Dha Ge13 Na Dha TiRaKiTa Dha14 Dha – Dha –15 Dha – Dhin Na16

Tihai

Dha Ge TiRaKiTa DhaDha Ge TiRaKiTa DhaDha Ge TiRaKiTa Dha

spoken three times — the final Dha lands on sam

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

Public domain. A fixed tukra — a single decorative phrase resolving cleanly on the sam.

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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