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Sunday, May 11, 2025

TEENTAAL

There are many taals in which indian classical dances are danced. Teentaal is the basic taal. It has 16 beats. There are four segments of four-four beats each. There are three taalis and one khaali. Taalis are on 1st, 5th and 13th beats and khaali is on 9th beat.

 TEENTAAL     



SYLLABLES OF TEENTAAL: THEKA OF TEENTAAL

NA DHIN DHIN NA  NA DHIN DHIN NA 

×                                   2

NA TIN TIN NA NA DHIN DHIN NA NA

0                           3                                 ×

OR

DHAA DHIN DHIN DHAA DHAA DHIN DHIN DHAA

×                                              2

DHAA TIN TIN TAA TAA DHIN DHIN DHAA TAA

0                                    3                                        ×

× is Sam that is first beat of the taal

1,2...are the first beats of the segments

0 is  khali



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