RĀGĀKIT · TAALS
Hindustani · 16 beats · 4+4+4+4
Teentaal
The most common taal in Hindustani music, from slow khayal to fast tabla solos
One cycle, one beat per quarter note (4/4), looping on whole bars. The tabla is tuned to your Sa. Free to use in your releases, royalty-free.
How to count it
- X · Sam is beat 1, the strongest beat. Phrases and tihais land here.
- 2, 3 · Tali are the clapped beats that start each section.
- 0 · Khali is the "empty" section: you wave instead of clapping, and the bass drum goes quiet.
Turn on Clap along and clap on the numbered beats, and wave on 0.
Good to know
- Also called Tintal or Trital, "three claps": you clap on beats 1, 5 and 13 and wave on beat 9, the khali.
- In the khali section the bass drum drops out: Dhin becomes Tin and Dha becomes Ta, so you can hear where you are in the cycle.
- Its 16 beats fit exactly into four bars of 4/4, which makes it easy to line up with a DAW grid.
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Bols and the drum-kit map
Each tabla syllable (bol) is a stroke. The drum-kit MIDI maps them to standard drum notes so it plays on any kit.
| Bol | How it's played | Drum kit |
|---|---|---|
| Dha | both drums: Na on the right, Ge on the left | Kick + Clap |
| Dhin | both drums: ringing Tin with Ge | Kick + Low tom |
| Tin | right drum, open ring | Low tom |
| Ta | right drum, rim (same stroke as Na) | Clap |
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