Jagpaal-taal ਜਗਪਾਲ-ਤਾਲ
An 11-matra taal, counted in 4 vibhags of 5 + 2 + 2 + 2.
Practise over this theka A palta in Jagpaal-taal
- Matras
- 11
- Vibhags
- 5 + 2 + 2 + 2
- Sam (×)
- matra 1
- Taali (clap)
- matras 6, 8, 10
- Khali (0, wave)
- none
The theka
| Matra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧਾ | ਪਿੰਕ | ਨਗ | ਬੁੰ | ਨਾ | ਧੁਮ | ਕਿਟ | ਤਿਟ | ਕਤਾ | ਗਿਦੀ | ਗਨ |
| देवनागरी | धा | ਪਿੰਕ | ਨਗ | ਬੁੰ | ना | ਧੁਮ | किट | तिटक | किटा | गिदी | गन |
| English | Dha | ਪਿੰਕ | ਨਗ | ਬੁੰ | Na | ਧੁਮ | Kit | TiTak | Kita | Gidi | Gana |
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How to keep Jagpaal-taal
Count the 11 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 vibhags of 5 + 2 + 2 + 2 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 Jagpaal-taal 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.