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The Tala System
Music: Indian Music - Carnatic · Chapter 9 · Tala system
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- Shadangas: anudrutam, drutam, laghu, guru, plutam and kakapadam; kriya (beats and waves)
- The scheme of 35 talas: seven suladi talas and five jatis of laghu
- Chapu tala and its varieties: tisra, khanda, misra and sankirna chapu
- Desadi and Madhyadi talas
- Laya, kala, gati (nadai) and matra; the pranas of tala