Jaitaal ਜੈਤਾਲ
A 13-matra taal, counted in 4 vibhags of 5 + 4 + 2 + 2.
Practise over this theka A palta in Jaitaal
- Matras
- 13
- Vibhags
- 5 + 4 + 2 + 2
- Sam (×)
- matra 1
- Taali (clap)
- matras 6, 10, 12
- Khali (0, wave)
- none
The theka
| Matra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧੀਂ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਾ | ਧਾ | ਤਿ | ਟਾ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਾ | ਧਾਗੇ | ਨਧਾ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ |
| देवनागरी | ਧੀਂ | त्रिकट | धिन | धिन | धा | धा | ति | ਟਾ | धिन | धा | धागे | ਨਧਾ | त्रिकट |
| English | ਧੀਂ | TrikRa | Dhin | Dhin | Dha | Dha | Ti | ਟਾ | Dhin | Dha | Dhage | ਨਧਾ | TrikRa |
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How to keep Jaitaal
Count the 13 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 + 4 + 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 Jaitaal 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.