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The basics of Konnakol
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1 How to count Adi Tala 1 clap 2 little finger count chaturasra Laghu 3 ring finger count 4 middle finger count
5 clap 6 wave 7 clap 8 wave
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Laghu: starts from a beat with finger counts Drutam: fixed movment, a clap and a wave of the hand Anadrutam: just one clap
drutam drutam
tisra three beats
D
Ta - one beat
& .
D
. . ki 5
na thom
& . . . . .
ki 3
ta
. . . misra 7 beats ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi 7
kanda 5 beats ta di
Ta
Ta ka - two beats
D D EE
. . . . . . .
chaturasra 4 beats ta ka dhim mi
D
. . . .
D
sankirna 9 beats ta ka dhim mi ta ka ta ki ta 9
. . . . . . . . .
The above is a simplification. For example misra can be represented as any ot he following 7 beats
& . . . . . . . ta
ki ta
ta
7 beats
!E
7
7 beats 3
ta ka dhim mi
ta ki
. . . . . . .
ka dhim mi
ta ki
ta
3
. . . . . . . ta
ta
! 3E E D
ka dhim mi
Any of the above can exist in any rhythmic permutations for example. Kanda can be said in crotchets , quavers, triplets, semiquavers, crotchet triplets whole notes etc.etc. Every exercise you say should be done in Tala including hand claping.
& . . . . . . . . . . . . Ta
ki
ta Ta
ki
ta Ta
ki
ta Ta
ki
ta
D
tisra ca be represented as semiquavers