Jhap-taal ਝਪ-ਤਾਲ
A 10-matra taal (also known as Jhaptaal), counted in 4 vibhags of 2 + 3 + 2 + 3.
Practise over this theka A palta in Jhap-taal
- Matras
- 10
- Vibhags
- 2 + 3 + 2 + 3
- Sam (×)
- matra 1
- Taali (clap)
- matras 3, 8
- Khali (0, wave)
- matra 6
The theka
| Matra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧਾ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਨਾ | ਤਿ | ਟ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਨਾ |
| देवनागरी | धा | त्रिकट | धिन | धिन | ना | ति | ट | धिन | धिन | ना |
| English | Dha | TrikRa | Dhin | Dhin | Na | Ti | Tat | Dhin | Dhin | Na |
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 Jhap-taal. When the studio plays Jhap-taal it sounds the common Jhaptal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧਿੰ | ਨਾ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਨਾ | ਤਿੰ | ਨਾ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਨਾ |
| देवनागरी | धिन | ना | धिन | धिन | ना | तिन | ना | धिन | धिन | ना |
| English | Dhin | Na | Dhin | Dhin | Na | Tin | Na | Dhin | Dhin | Na |
How to keep Jhap-taal
Count the 10 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 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 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 Jhap-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.