Avartan - The cycle.

Bol - mnemonic syllables

Khali - Waving of the hands.

Lay - Tempo.

Matra - The Beat

Sam - First beat of the cycle.

Tali - The claps.

Theka - The "Groove".

Vibhagh - The measure (bar).

Index of Tals - The common rhythmic patterns in North Indian

music

Chautal

Dadra Tal

Dhammar Tal

Dipchandi Tal

Ektal

Jhaptal

Jhumra Tal

Kaherava

Khempta

Pashtu
 Punjabi Theka

Rupak Tal

Sultal

Tintal

Tivra Tal

Tilwada Tal

Laharas

Three and Six Beat Laharas (e.g. Dadra Tal)

Four and Eight Beat Laharas (e.g. Kaherava Tal)

Seven Beat Laharas (e.g. Rupak Tal)

10-Beat Laharas (e.g. Jhaptal)

11-Beat Laharas (e.g. Chartal-ki-Savari)

12-Beat Laharas (e.g. Ektal)

13-Beat Laharas (e.g. Chandrachautal)

14-Beat Laharas (e.g. Dipchandi)

15 Beat Laharas (e.g. Pancham Savari)

16-Beat Laharas (e.g. Tintal)

17-Beat Laharas (e.g. Vishnu Tal)

18-Beat Laharas (e.g. Matta Tal)

19-beat Laharas (e.g. Purna Tal)

21-Beat laharas (e.g. Mansij Tal)

Theka and Prakar

Purbi Baj

Simple Mukhadas

Paluskar Notation

Lahara

Layakari and Counter Rhythms

Mukhada and Tukada

Rela

Peshkar

Tihais and Chakradars

Gat

Laggi

Kaidas:

Kaida-Relas

Peshkar-Kaidas

Laggi-Kaidas

Gat-Kaidas

Gharanas:

Delhi Kaidas

Ajrada Kaidas

Lucknow Kaidas

Farukhabad Kaidas
Benares Kaidas

Punjabi Kaidas

Appendix 1 Seven and Fourteen Matra kaidas 119

Appendix 2 Nine and Eighteen Matra Kaidas 145
Appendix 3 Five, Ten, and Twenty Matra Kaidas 149
Appendix 4 Eleven and Twenty-Two Matra Kaidas 175
Appendix 5 Six, Twelve and Twenty Four Matra Kaidas 181
Appendix 6 Thirteen Matra Kaidas 211
Appendix 7 Fifteen Matra Kaidas 217
Appendix 8 Eight and Sixteen Matra Kaidas 225
Appendix 9 Seventeen Matra Kaidas 277
Appendix 10 Kaida Finder 283
Index 307

Tintal

Jhaptal

Dadra Tal

Dipchandi Tal

Rupak Tal

Punjabi Theka (Sitarkhani)

Punjabi Theka Prakar

Ektal

Slow Ektal

Fast Ektal

Kaherava Tal

Kaherava Prakars

Tintal Prakar

Slow Tintal

Dadra Prakars
Jhaptal Prakars

Rupak Tal Prakars

Mukhadas

Mukhada in Tintal
2-7 Exercises
8-11 Mukhadas in Tintal
12 Mukhada in Jhaptal
13-16 Tukadas in Tintal
17 Exercise
18-20 Benchmark Tests
21-27 Exercises
28 Fast Tintal Prakar
29 Fast Dadra Prakar
30-31 Beginner's Relas
32 Kaida/Rela in Tintal
33 Swatantra Rela in Jhaptal
34 Delhi Baaj Kaida in Tintal
35 Exercise
36 Mukhada
37 Exercise
38-39 Mukhadas in Tintal
40-42 Exercises
43 Paran in Tintal
44 Tivra Tal
45 Chautal
46 Sooltal
47 Dhammar Tal
48-49 Ultra Fast Tintal Prakars
50 Dadra Tal Prakar
51 Jhaptal Prakar
52 Rupak Tal Prakar
53 Dipchandi Prakar
54 Kaherava Prakar (Bhajan Ka Theka)
55 Kaherava Filmi Prakar
56 Tilwada Tal
57 Jhoomra Tal
58-61 Exercises
62-66 Damdar Tihais in Tintal
67 Bedam Tihai in Tintal
68 Bedam Tihai in Rupaktal
69 Chakradar in Tintal
70 Gat in Tintal
71 Laggi in Kaherava