Tabla lesson - Ek taal

Overview of Ek taal, a common 12-beat rhythm cycle in north Indian or Hindustani classical music. Find online tabla and other music gurus worldwide on http://worldmusicguru.com.

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[fmsad]

no no I meant to say something else - when you said sometimes it is difficult to play TRKT at a very high speed -so you play play something else (trak..something ) - that is what I wanted to know

thanks again

[WorldMusicGuru]

@fmsad oh, yes. We can shorten the 4-note TiReKeTe to a 2-note Tra Kre phrase. Instead of "TiRe" the right hand plays the r,m,i fingers (staggered, not together) quickly on the shyahi (center) as Tra, then KeTe is played as normal, but pronounded Kra since it is very quick.

[fmsad]

hi - I watch and appreciate your tablas lessons - what is the short form for TRKT ?

It's not very clear what you say - thanks for info

cdt

[WorldMusicGuru]

@fmsad I'm glad to know you like the lessons. TRKT is just short for the common phrase Ti Re Ke Ta.

[neha190]

Thank you so very much for your posts. They have been very helpful. I am a kathak student and was struggling with the structure and tempo of the taals till I came across your posts. It has made it so much easier now to dicern the taal when played in different laya. The sound quality of the videos is very good as well. Will look forward to more posts from you.

[WorldMusicGuru]

@neha190 I'm glad the video helped you. And thanks for the reminder - I'll try to upload a video on Keharwa taal soon.

[goodboyla]

THE BEST EXAMPLE I can give here is of teaching English Grammar. If you started with the descriptions of types and classification of words and their complex relationships, many people will jut get put off and wont take it further.the way is to encourage reading...more and more reading ...then sentence by sentence break down its ingredients. for an academic scientific and precise understanding of grammar....many people get by superbly wel, and go on to write great novels treatises,

[WorldMusicGuru]

@goodboyla Another point I wanted to make in this video is that even if you recognize Ek taal at medium speed, you will not recognize it at slow or vilambit speed, unless you know the structure and what to listen for.

[WorldMusicGuru]

@goodboyla Thank you for your feedback. I agree that you have to listen and "feel" the rhythm. But there are many good Ektaal performances on YouTube. See my Ek taal playlist in my channel. This video (and the whole series) is for people who want to dig below the surface to understand the rhythmic structure. If you are saying I should have played the taal first, I agree with you. But I didn't think of that until I had already uploaded the video.

[goodboyla]

this approach is long and laborious , it does not instantly fire nor does it sparks a curious listeners interest....taal is rythm, i would recommend, playing the taal first so that a rythm is heard understood and grasped.... do it again...then again....then again....until the listerner is totally taken up with the rythm/ taal...he wud pick it out if he heard it again ..maybe hours or days later......only then teach the basics, dekha, bols , etc !!