Chanchal ਚੰਚਲ (ਦੀਪਚੰਦੀ)
A 14-matra taal (also known as Deepchandi), counted in 4 vibhags of 3 + 4 + 3 + 4.
Practise over this theka A palta in Chanchal
- Matras
- 14
- Vibhags
- 3 + 4 + 3 + 4
- Sam (×)
- matra 1
- Taali (clap)
- matras 4, 11
- Khali (0, wave)
- matra 8
The theka
| Matra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧਾ | ਧੀਂ | S | ਧਾ | ਗੇ | ਤੀਂ | S | ਤਾ | ਤੀਂ | S | ਧਾ | ਗੇ | ਧੀਂ | S |
| देवनागरी | धा | ਧੀਂ | - | धा | गे | ਤੀਂ | - | ता | ਤੀਂ | - | धा | गे | ਧੀਂ | - |
| English | Dha | ਧੀਂ | - | Dha | Ge | ਤੀਂ | - | Ta | ਤੀਂ | - | Dha | Ge | ਧੀਂ | - |
What the studio plays
The book prints its own theka for Chanchal. When the studio plays Chanchal it sounds the common Deepchandi theka instead, keeping the book's sam, taali and khali, because that is the one most players will know:
| Matra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧਾ | ਧਿੰ | S | ਧਾ | ਧਾ | ਤਿੰ | S | ਤਾ | ਤਿੰ | S | ਧਾ | ਧਾ | ਧਿੰ | S |
| देवनागरी | धा | धिन | - | धा | धा | तिन | - | ता | तिन | - | धा | धा | धिन | - |
| English | Dha | Dhin | - | Dha | Dha | Tin | - | Ta | Tin | - | Dha | Dha | Dhin | - |
How to keep Chanchal
Count the 14 matras aloud while you clap the taal: a clap on sam, the first and strongest beat, and on every taali, and a wave of the hand on khali, the empty beat. The vibhags of 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 tell you where each clap or wave falls; the theka above is what the tabla plays across one avartan, and the melody of a bandish lands back on sam at the end of every avartan.
In the studio, every bandish and palta in Chanchal plays over this theka, with the matra that is sounding lit in the notation and the bol lit in the theka, at any tempo from 30 to 260 matras a minute.