Dhamar ਧਮਾਰ
A 14-matra taal, counted in 4 vibhags of 5 + 2 + 3 + 4.
Practise over this theka A palta in Dhamar
- Matras
- 14
- Vibhags
- 5 + 2 + 3 + 4
- Sam (×)
- matra 1
- Taali (clap)
- matras 6, 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 | ਤਾ | ਧੀਂ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਾਗੇ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ | ਧਾਗੇ | ਤੀਂ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ | ਤਿੰ | ਤਿੰ | ਤਾ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ |
| देवनागरी | ता | ਧੀਂ | त्रिकट | धिन | धिन | धागे | त्रिकट | धागे | ਤੀਂ | त्रिकट | तिन | तिन | ता | त्रिकट |
| English | Ta | ਧੀਂ | TrikRa | Dhin | Dhin | Dhage | TrikRa | Dhage | ਤੀਂ | TrikRa | Tin | Tin | Ta | TrikRa |
This reading of the page has not yet been checked by hand against the printed book. If you see a bol that differs from your copy, please write.
What the studio plays
The book prints its own theka for Dhamar. When the studio plays Dhamar it sounds the common Dhamar 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 | ਕ | ਧਿ | ਟ | ਧਿ | ਟ | ਧਾ | S | ਗ | ਤਿ | ਟ | ਤਿ | ਟ | ਤਾ | S |
| देवनागरी | क | धि | ट | धि | ट | धा | - | ग | ति | ट | ति | ट | ता | - |
| English | Ka | Dhi | Tat | Dhi | Tat | Dha | - | Ga | Ti | Tat | Ti | Tat | Ta | - |
How to keep Dhamar
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 5 + 2 + 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 Dhamar 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.