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