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Sawari Panja-taal ਸਵਾਰੀ ਪੰਜ-ਤਾਲ
A 15-matra taal, counted in 5 vibhags of 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2.
Practise over this theka A palta in Sawari Panja-taal
- Matras
- 15
- Vibhags
- 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2
- Sam (×)
- matra 1
- Taali (clap)
- matras 4, 8, 12, 14
- Khali (0, wave)
- none
The theka
| Matra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | × | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | ਧੀਂ | Sਤਾ | ਤਕ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਾ | ਧਾ | ਤਿ | ਟ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਿੰ | ਧਾ | ਧਾਗੇ | ਨਧਾ | ਤ੍ਰਿਕੜ |
| देवनागरी | ਧੀਂ | Sਤਾ | ਤਕ | धिन | धिन | धा | धा | ति | ट | धिन | धिन | धा | धागे | ਨਧਾ | त्रिकट |
| English | ਧੀਂ | Sਤਾ | ਤਕ | Dhin | Dhin | Dha | Dha | Ti | Tat | Dhin | Dhin | Dha | Dhage | ਨਧਾ | TrikRa |
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How to keep Sawari Panja-taal
Count the 15 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 3 + 4 + 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 Sawari Panja-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.