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The Tala System
Performing Arts: Carnatic Music · Chapter 9 · 6. The Tala System
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- Shadangas: anudrutam, drutam, laghu, guru, plutam and kakapadam, with signs and aksharakalas
- The scheme of 35 talas: seven suladi talas in five jatis
- Chapu tala and its varieties (tisra, khanda, misra and sankeerna chapu)
- Desadi and Madhyadi talas
- Elements of tala: kriya, anga, laya, gati and matra