12. Famous Northern Indian Taals Part I

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These are some of the famous Taals in Northern Indian music. Although most Tabla players know all the following Taals, but they don’t get to play them very often. Most commonly used Taals are ‘Teen Taal’ (16 beats), ‘Aik Taal’ (12 beats), ‘Roopak’ (7 beats), ‘Dadra’ (6 beats), ‘Kehrva’ (8 beats) and ‘Jhup Taal’ (10 beats). Soon there will be videos, showing you all these taals on the Palms and on Tabla.

Teen Taal
(16 beats, 4 sections)

Taal signs	X				2				0				3
Maatras	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Boles	dha	dhin	dhin	dha	dha	dhin	dhin	dha	dha	tin	tin	ta	ta	dhin	dhin	dha

Aik Taal
(12 beats, 6sections)

Maatras	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Taal signs	x		0		2		0		3		4
Teka	dhin	dhin	dha,ge	tirkat	tu	na	ku	ta	dha,ge	tirkat	dhin	na

Roopak
(7 beats, 3 sections)

Taal signs	0	2	3
Maatras	1 2 3	4 5	6 7
Boles	Tin tin na	Dhin na	Dhin na

Daadra
(6 beats, 2 sections)

Taal signs	X	0
Maatras	1 2 3	4 5 6
Boles	Dha Dhin na	ta tin na

Kehrva
(8 beats, two sections)

Taal signs	X	0
Maatras	1 2 3 4	5 6 7 8
Boles	Dha ge na ti	Na ke dhi na

Jhup Taal
(10 beats, 4 sections)

Taal signs	X	2	0	3
Maatras	1 2	3 4 5	6 7	8 9 10
Boles	Dhin na	Dhin Dhin na	Tin na	Dhin Dhin na

Also see Famous Northern Indian Taals Part II, Part III, Part IV & Part V,

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8 responses to “12. Famous Northern Indian Taals Part I”

May 16, 2007

Shamina Ali

The videos will be a great help.
Thanks
Shamina

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May 16, 2007

admin

Hi Shamina, there are about 5-10 more posts before the blog goes interactive. Once the basic theory is covered, we will add videos and audio posts. The current posts will help as a reference. Also there is another “advance theory” part planned for the future.

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October 5, 2008

ankit

If we can have the audios of different TAALS then it wud b of gr8 help.

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October 11, 2009

srizan kumar

i have very strong desire to learn tabala. but i don’t know even some basics about
it . how could i learn?

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1. October 20, 2009
  
  Sangtar
  
  Dear Srizan
  Please start with acquiring the instrument. Then find a teacher in your city.
  If there are no music teachers available, extend your search to your local temples or gurudwaras.
  The tabla players there will be glad to teach you the basics.
  Unfortunately, tabla sounds cannot be learned from a book. Good Luck.
  
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January 24, 2010

Harish Kamath

In Dadra, it should have been Dha tin Na. its give as ta tin Na. its good to fix that, as beginers like me could be benifited.

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March 3, 2010

sominder

hi sangtar

great music brother . Love your poetry as well. Keep it up. Was listening to Rheen bakshdaa tu kittay hoyay from punjabi virsa 2008. great prayer/song. I am glad you belong to same area o…f punjab (jalandhar). how is michelle and family???

take care buddy and keep rockin

sominder

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January 18, 2012

Arshdeep

Hi sangtar paji
People say i sing well and in sur, but i dont know much about sur, how could i learn?

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