New thala structure called Sivapalathalam.
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Dear member, priyamhn@yahoo.com, Our brother-member, mridangam1 did not criticize anything against ‘Shivapalathalam’ in his post but appreciated my way of explanation. He felt happy about my way of explanation. That does not mean he is criticizing against 'Shivapalathalam’. I do not know why you taking it negatively. This is a discussion. Always discussions are needed to bring out the facts. Even while discussing one should not take things negatively. Nothing should be personal. The persons who cannot convince others only will take them negatively. Please take it sportively and positively. You are always at your liberty to bring out your version and convince others. Why don’t you try to do that? Please do so. Wishing you all the best, amsharma.
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I have observed Hari doing what he vouches. Great practicing vocalists, music instrumentalists and dancers (names have already been mentioned in the former notes) have aaproved of its genuine features. Regarding the negative or negative-looking comments, my humble feeling is that the open ones must ignore them. "Discovery" is not bringing something that did not exist hitherto; it's revealing or bringing the lesser known or unknown to 'a period', into the field of attention of others. It's like the Edison's egg story. When one does it others can always say that's already known. But, the question is, did you tavel the trabeculae to reach that?Those who speak about the period of a needle passing through several petals of lotus ...... and.... the etc. etc... & making the intricacies of taalas sound so abominable, msut be able to accept a 'half aksharakaala also' realising well that the terms 'maatra' & 'akshara kaalas' are used in reverse sense also in certain styles of peforming arts, in Kerala. If scientific discoveries can be named after the discoverer or the one adored by the discoverer, what's wrong in the name "Sivapaaal taalam'. In a wider sense, lord Siva does the ' paalana' (maintenance) of all rhythmic activities too - both in the metaphysical and physical science concepts.The logic of discovery does permit any large-hearted one to simply congradulate Hari for his "Discovery" & the name of the Taalam.
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Dear member, bharathamuni, Even though I am unable to make out any sense of some of the words of your post I would like to answer.
‘Percussionist Harimohan has created a new Thala structure called ‘Sivapalathalam’ is the news item brought out in ‘The Hindu’ dated 09-06-2006. They should have brought this in their news item as a ‘Discovery’. Of course, I do not know whose fault is this. As all kinds of rhythmical forms already exist in the universe there is no question of ‘CREATION’ at all of any new rhythmical form but ‘Discovery’. That is why I have mentioned that nobody can claim that he had created a new rhythmical form.
In any of my previous postings I did never write about the duration to pierce several petal leaves at all.
Irrespective of their ignorance, the relevancy should always be maintained by anybody in using the technical terms properly. If certain people are used to mean the established technical terms in reverse sense nobody can help! However, nobody has ever tried to make this so called ‘Sivapalathalam’ clear to me in all aspects.
In any of my previous postings I never raised any objection even upon its name ‘Sivapalathalam’. Let him have ‘Sivapalathalam’ or ‘Savapalathalam’. What business I do have to object?
In the annals of our music literature only 15 books have been dealt with the topic, Talaprastara and, among them, only two books, 1.Sangita Samayasara written by Parshvadeva of 13 century and 2.Gayakalochanam written by Tacchoor Singaracharya Bros., in 1902, have dealt with this topic, in which serial numbers are also furnished to 52 and 158 Talas respectively and, among them, 25 and 43 numbers respectively have been found incorrect. I have brought out all these details in my book, ‘Systematisation of Prastara Details of Deshi Talas (available in Karnatic Music Book Centre, Chennai)’ proving their correctness or otherwise through ‘NASHTA & UDDISHTA’ of each and every Tala. Thus, only these two authors have proved that they are well versed with the secrets of ‘NASHTA & UDDISHTA’ and others are not at all acquainted at all with these secrets but dared to create umpteen lists of Talas of their own fancy which facilitated to include Talas after their own names and titles like Nisshanka-tala and Sharngadeva-tala (by Sharngadeva) and Lakshmanahvaya-tala (by Bhandaru Lakshminarayana of Sangita Suryodaya). Even without having the required knowledge, Sharngadeva made a mess of ‘NASHTA & UDDISHTA’, which was even more worsened by the later editors of ‘Sangita Ratnakara’ (refer my book, ‘Talaprastara of Nisshanka Sharngadeva’s Sangita Ratnakara-with a critical interpretation’ available at Karnatic Music Book Centre, Chennai). After Sharngadeva all the remaining authors have simply followed his footsteps by furnishing umpteen lists of Talas of their own fancy but without any serial numbers of their Talas furnished by them. In the same manner, every individual has every right to claim as the creator of one Tala or other but without furnishing its serial number at all and Harimohan also did the same. There is nothing wrong in it if the youngsters follow the elders.
Most unfortunately, none of the present musicians is aware that there are two kinds of rhythmical forms, 1. which can be rendered (like Simhanandana etc.) and 2. which should not be rendered (like Sharabhanandana, Mela-talas and Tiruppugazh prosodical forms etc., in which Samyuktangas are included) and that the authenticity of any rhythmical form of the universe can be proved only by its specific serial numbers.
So, by the grace of the Almighty, as a knowledgeable person of this ‘authenticity’ and unlike an ignorant person, I can congratulate Harimohan (or any other knowledgeable person who approved his demonstration), of course, with a large-heart, if any one of them can furnish the serial number of his ‘Sivapalathalam’ and define. amsharma.
‘Percussionist Harimohan has created a new Thala structure called ‘Sivapalathalam’ is the news item brought out in ‘The Hindu’ dated 09-06-2006. They should have brought this in their news item as a ‘Discovery’. Of course, I do not know whose fault is this. As all kinds of rhythmical forms already exist in the universe there is no question of ‘CREATION’ at all of any new rhythmical form but ‘Discovery’. That is why I have mentioned that nobody can claim that he had created a new rhythmical form.
In any of my previous postings I did never write about the duration to pierce several petal leaves at all.
Irrespective of their ignorance, the relevancy should always be maintained by anybody in using the technical terms properly. If certain people are used to mean the established technical terms in reverse sense nobody can help! However, nobody has ever tried to make this so called ‘Sivapalathalam’ clear to me in all aspects.
In any of my previous postings I never raised any objection even upon its name ‘Sivapalathalam’. Let him have ‘Sivapalathalam’ or ‘Savapalathalam’. What business I do have to object?
In the annals of our music literature only 15 books have been dealt with the topic, Talaprastara and, among them, only two books, 1.Sangita Samayasara written by Parshvadeva of 13 century and 2.Gayakalochanam written by Tacchoor Singaracharya Bros., in 1902, have dealt with this topic, in which serial numbers are also furnished to 52 and 158 Talas respectively and, among them, 25 and 43 numbers respectively have been found incorrect. I have brought out all these details in my book, ‘Systematisation of Prastara Details of Deshi Talas (available in Karnatic Music Book Centre, Chennai)’ proving their correctness or otherwise through ‘NASHTA & UDDISHTA’ of each and every Tala. Thus, only these two authors have proved that they are well versed with the secrets of ‘NASHTA & UDDISHTA’ and others are not at all acquainted at all with these secrets but dared to create umpteen lists of Talas of their own fancy which facilitated to include Talas after their own names and titles like Nisshanka-tala and Sharngadeva-tala (by Sharngadeva) and Lakshmanahvaya-tala (by Bhandaru Lakshminarayana of Sangita Suryodaya). Even without having the required knowledge, Sharngadeva made a mess of ‘NASHTA & UDDISHTA’, which was even more worsened by the later editors of ‘Sangita Ratnakara’ (refer my book, ‘Talaprastara of Nisshanka Sharngadeva’s Sangita Ratnakara-with a critical interpretation’ available at Karnatic Music Book Centre, Chennai). After Sharngadeva all the remaining authors have simply followed his footsteps by furnishing umpteen lists of Talas of their own fancy but without any serial numbers of their Talas furnished by them. In the same manner, every individual has every right to claim as the creator of one Tala or other but without furnishing its serial number at all and Harimohan also did the same. There is nothing wrong in it if the youngsters follow the elders.
Most unfortunately, none of the present musicians is aware that there are two kinds of rhythmical forms, 1. which can be rendered (like Simhanandana etc.) and 2. which should not be rendered (like Sharabhanandana, Mela-talas and Tiruppugazh prosodical forms etc., in which Samyuktangas are included) and that the authenticity of any rhythmical form of the universe can be proved only by its specific serial numbers.
So, by the grace of the Almighty, as a knowledgeable person of this ‘authenticity’ and unlike an ignorant person, I can congratulate Harimohan (or any other knowledgeable person who approved his demonstration), of course, with a large-heart, if any one of them can furnish the serial number of his ‘Sivapalathalam’ and define. amsharma.
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Utterly unqualified to partake in this conversation but...
I have observed musicians to present, for instance, pallavis and talavadya kutcheri pieces in strange talams --- even including half beats--- certainly not included in the tables (eg of 35 and 108) that the lesser-informed among us use as reference.
I am sure that the mridangists and other laya experts on this forum could play, for demonstration, in rhythms based on any random numbers selected and suggested --- and make it sound good (there is a difference between maths and musicality, of course)!
I don't recall, on any of these occasions, any great claim to have discovered anything new.
Also--- The existence of a tala, outside the theory books, is rather dependent on there being music composed in it, isn't it?
I have observed musicians to present, for instance, pallavis and talavadya kutcheri pieces in strange talams --- even including half beats--- certainly not included in the tables (eg of 35 and 108) that the lesser-informed among us use as reference.
I am sure that the mridangists and other laya experts on this forum could play, for demonstration, in rhythms based on any random numbers selected and suggested --- and make it sound good (there is a difference between maths and musicality, of course)!
I don't recall, on any of these occasions, any great claim to have discovered anything new.
Also--- The existence of a tala, outside the theory books, is rather dependent on there being music composed in it, isn't it?
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`'Dear member, Kahangad T.P.Sreenivasan composed a keerthana in sivapalathalam sivasakthy ragam witch was brodcasted surya tv kairali tv geevan tv and enough students are now studing from him According to the masters sivapalathalam is best for improving thala ghana Because of having 13.5 akshara the thala is more better for thala vadya kachari
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Dear member, nick H, Upon earth mathematics is the only subject having unambiguous and highly disciplined precision and the rhythm, which is purely of mathematics, in music also is supposed to be like that. If it is not precisive that means it is far from mathematics. There may be strange Talas but each one of them should be precisive in nature. Is there any ambiguity in the nature of any of the 35 Talas? No. In the same manner every rhythmical form, being mathematically based, is also supposed to be like that. There should not be any difference between pure mathematics and musical mathematics. Both are all the same. To tell the fact, in the universe, there are two kinds of rhythmical forms and they are 1.disciplined rhythmical form, which can be used as Tala like 35 Talas and Simhanandana-tala of 108 Talas and 2.indisciplined rhythmical form, which cannot and should not be used as Tala at all like Sharabhanandana-tala and other rhythmical forms in which Samyuktangas are included. But, this knowledge should be obtained from the topic of Talaprastara only. Only the person who is well versed in Talaprastara can properly understand this or a highly disciplined person can also understand this. That is why, Padma Vibhooshan, Sangita Kalanidhi, Dr.Sripada Pinakapani, a very knowledgeable and highly disciplined person, who is acquainted with the Sharabhanandana-tala but not with Talaprastara, had, after a long discussion, agreed that it is not a rhythmical form to be used as a Tala at all. There are many such rhythmical forms even among 108 Talas. But, people are not aware of them. Ignorance is bliss. I doubt this ‘Sivapalathalam’ also belongs to this category. That is why, till now, nobody is able to furnish the correct and precisive picture of it. After seeing this post people may come out, one after the other, with some or other picture of it, which may not be precisive. amsharma.
In one of the early interviews with kamal hasan on TV, I heard him reply to a questionIgnorance is bliss
Q - what is the most difficult part in conveying the emotions on screen ?
Hands , My dear Friend , It is the two palms.They keep tripping me every now and then.One who does not need to hide them , is a blessed actor ....
Oh ! How I hide my palms in a concert .deep in my pockets .
After reading all this , I will keep them deeper.
Ignorance is bliss ... indeed.A(musically) poor man's bliss.
Dear Sarma- Sorry for this interruption.Just could not hold back.
BTW I am very curious to know what may be the approximate Percentage of an audience that understands all the complexities of Rythm on any given day - say in a jam packed MFA concert of TNS with MC-UKS...
Just curious to know whether my kind are in the majority or...
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Dear moderator, coolkarni, Better to let your palms insert deeper only after ensuring yourself that there is no hole on the other end of your pockets. Please don’t misunderstand me if I tell it is less than 1% nowadays. Nowadays people are very much eager only to make easy money or fame or popularity with minimum knowledge, within minimum possible time and with minimum possible physical and mental exertion.
Acquiring deep knowledge is not that easy but a great task. Generally, while all the people remain under the control of the language, the language itself remains under the control of a very few knowledgeable people only. But, most unfortunately, even these very few knowledgeable people, instead of coming forward to enlighten the society, are running far away from their responsibilities in guiding the younger generation properly in the process of keeping our great cultural heritage in tact. Our society flourishes only when the elders truly feel their responsibilities. amsharma.
Acquiring deep knowledge is not that easy but a great task. Generally, while all the people remain under the control of the language, the language itself remains under the control of a very few knowledgeable people only. But, most unfortunately, even these very few knowledgeable people, instead of coming forward to enlighten the society, are running far away from their responsibilities in guiding the younger generation properly in the process of keeping our great cultural heritage in tact. Our society flourishes only when the elders truly feel their responsibilities. amsharma.
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Dear msakella-garu, i know you have explained this before but please bear with my question(s).msakella wrote:To tell the fact, in the universe, there are two kinds of rhythmical forms and they are 1.disciplined rhythmical form, which can be used as Tala like 35 Talas and Simhanandana-tala of 108 Talas and 2.indisciplined rhythmical form, which cannot and should not be used as Tala at all like Sharabhanandana-tala and other rhythmical forms in which Samyuktangas are included. But, this knowledge should be obtained from the topic of Talaprastara only.
BTW, I dont have the necessary knowledge, and am merely trying to follow this logically.
First of all, here is my undestanding of your argument for talas employing samyuktangas:
1. They employ a combination of angas but are written as one anga (sign?) - with the consititent angas on top of each other.
2. The consitituent angas are laghu, dhruta etc. and so they themselves include a beat/clap (sounded kriya?)
3. (i hope i am remembering this correctly from an earrlier post of yours) Since in a tala, each anga can have only one beat/clap, samyukanga's cannot be performed i.e. a tala containing samyukta anga cannot be performed.
Am I right? If so, while strictly by tradition (as in a tradition which has the rule that each anga can have only one beat/clap), one could argue that samyukta angas cannot be performed within that tradition, how does this make the rhythmical form tala indisciplined? If there is a repeating, rhythmic cycle, why isnt that sufficient? Why isnt that disciplined?
In fact if #3 is right, isnt the concept of samyuktanga a self-contradictory thing? I wonder why bother coming up with samyukanga as with specific internal structures like laghu-dhruta-virama?
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Arun
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Dear member, arunk, As per your post you have understood all the 3 points correctly.
In fact, unless you get some acquaintance with Samyuktanga-prastara you cannot understand this implication. However, I shall try my level best to define it for you. Still if you do not understand and if you, along with some of the members of our forum, are really interested in learning this rarest topic of our music I shall try to start with a new thread ‘Talaprasrtara’ in our forum and go on posting the relevant material in it.
At the first instance I want to declare that the concept of Samyuktanga-prastara is not all self-contradictory. All the material pertaining to Talaprastara in all the treatises right from Sangita Ratnakara of Sharngadeva to Mathematical basis of the Tala System of K.Ramachandran is full of ambiguity and contradiction. To tell the truth, in this topic, Talaprastara, having precisive mathematical base, nowhere there is ambiguity or contradiction. Believe it or not, for the first time in the annals of our music literature, only by the grace of the Almighty, I could bring out many details of it with very high precision, which have never been brought out by any of my predecessors. Even now, if anybody can prove any ambiguity or contradiction of the details of my 3 books, I shall burn out all the copies of them and make a public apology to the entire music world in this respect.
There are 3 very important points in regard to the tradition of our Tala system and they are, 1.Each and every Talanga, except Kakapada, consists of the first Kriya always sounded i.e., Sashabda-kriya or sounded beat 2. Irrespective of the number of Laghus incorporated in a Tala, each Laghu should belong to the same categorywithout any deviation and 3. The duration of all the Kriyas should be one and the same without any deviation.
In Samyuktangas, for example, Laghu-druta-virama is a combination of three Angas, Laghu + Druta + Virama, which have to be written one above the other as single Anga.
As per our tradition, as there are three Talangas, we are supposed to render the starting Kriya of each of these three Talangas with a sounded beat. But, even though it is a combination of 3 Talangas, as it has to be taken as a single Talanga, only the starting Kriya of Laghu should only be sounded. Thus, as this becomes the contradictory point such rhythmical forms having such Samyuktangas should not be rendered at all. But, to the question, ‘why should we have such rhythmical forms consisting of Samyuktangas?’ you will get the answer only after learning this topic. Are you ready to learn, my dear? amsharma.
In fact, unless you get some acquaintance with Samyuktanga-prastara you cannot understand this implication. However, I shall try my level best to define it for you. Still if you do not understand and if you, along with some of the members of our forum, are really interested in learning this rarest topic of our music I shall try to start with a new thread ‘Talaprasrtara’ in our forum and go on posting the relevant material in it.
At the first instance I want to declare that the concept of Samyuktanga-prastara is not all self-contradictory. All the material pertaining to Talaprastara in all the treatises right from Sangita Ratnakara of Sharngadeva to Mathematical basis of the Tala System of K.Ramachandran is full of ambiguity and contradiction. To tell the truth, in this topic, Talaprastara, having precisive mathematical base, nowhere there is ambiguity or contradiction. Believe it or not, for the first time in the annals of our music literature, only by the grace of the Almighty, I could bring out many details of it with very high precision, which have never been brought out by any of my predecessors. Even now, if anybody can prove any ambiguity or contradiction of the details of my 3 books, I shall burn out all the copies of them and make a public apology to the entire music world in this respect.
There are 3 very important points in regard to the tradition of our Tala system and they are, 1.Each and every Talanga, except Kakapada, consists of the first Kriya always sounded i.e., Sashabda-kriya or sounded beat 2. Irrespective of the number of Laghus incorporated in a Tala, each Laghu should belong to the same categorywithout any deviation and 3. The duration of all the Kriyas should be one and the same without any deviation.
In Samyuktangas, for example, Laghu-druta-virama is a combination of three Angas, Laghu + Druta + Virama, which have to be written one above the other as single Anga.
As per our tradition, as there are three Talangas, we are supposed to render the starting Kriya of each of these three Talangas with a sounded beat. But, even though it is a combination of 3 Talangas, as it has to be taken as a single Talanga, only the starting Kriya of Laghu should only be sounded. Thus, as this becomes the contradictory point such rhythmical forms having such Samyuktangas should not be rendered at all. But, to the question, ‘why should we have such rhythmical forms consisting of Samyuktangas?’ you will get the answer only after learning this topic. Are you ready to learn, my dear? amsharma.
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Dear msakella-garu,
I am ready to learn as to why we have samyuktangas. Since this would be by reading what you post, "i am all eyes" (as opposed to all ears) . I also want to know why we should label them non-rhythmic, and undisciplined? Is it beyond the reason that they violate the principles of our tradition?
Thanks
Arun
I am ready to learn as to why we have samyuktangas. Since this would be by reading what you post, "i am all eyes" (as opposed to all ears) . I also want to know why we should label them non-rhythmic, and undisciplined? Is it beyond the reason that they violate the principles of our tradition?
Thanks
Arun
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Dear Admin, srkris, As our member, arunk is interested in learning this rarest topic, Talaprastara, I request you to kindly do the needful to start a new thread, Talaprastara in our forum to facilitate not only our member, arunk but also all the interested other members and all others. As this topic is particularly based on mathematics at every stage and every point there will be very high precision. This is called ‘combinatorics’ in other countries. Generally, while the required rhythmical form out of the infinite number of rhythmical forms could be obtained with the help of calculator or computer, we Indians could get them very easily through some easily accessible processes even without the help of calculator or computer. Even though these processes have never been brought out by any author of any century, fortunately enough, I have fully been blessed by the Almighty to get all these secrets in my extensive research of 40 years. As I felt it as my duty to give it to my society I have brought all these details in 3 books and even without expecting any financial help from any quarter, I have myself printed these books, though on a small scale, and pass them on to my society. Now, I again feel that another opportunity has come to me to enlighten my society to bring out this topic through this forum. Everything is the will of the Almighty and we are guided by Him. amsharma.
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Dear member, arunk, As you wrote in your post I did never label the Samyuktanga-prastaras as non-rhythmic. They are not ‘non-rhythmic’. My words ‘disciplined and indisciplined’ also should be meant only as ‘renderable and non-renderable’ rhythmical forms. These ‘non-rhythmic or undisciplined’ rhythmical forms are also a part of the grand-total permutations obtained in the process of Prastara. But, they will not fit in the traditional limitations to use them as Talas like Tiruppugazh prosodical forms or ‘Chando-rupas’. These prosodical forms also carry different kinds of units in a cycle, which will not fit in the traditional limitations. That is why, in these Tiruppugazh prosodical forms we come across Laghus carrying varying units in the same cycle. People without having acquaintance with this Talaprastara have elevated them the Tala-stature like Sharbhanandana-tala. We will come across all these things in the forest of ‘Talaprastara’. amsharma.
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I am very lost about this distinction. probably because because I have not given sufficient attention.
Can you help me with an example of a non-renderable, undisciplined rhythmic form?
Perhaps I must study from the beginning of your new thread.
By the way... all members can create their own threads: we do not have to wait for our moderators to do that...
Can you help me with an example of a non-renderable, undisciplined rhythmic form?
Perhaps I must study from the beginning of your new thread.
By the way... all members can create their own threads: we do not have to wait for our moderators to do that...
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Dear member, nick H, As per our tradition in Karnataka music there are 3 important points to follow in making a rhythmical form as a Tala and I have already furnished them in one of my previous posts However I shall reiterate them and they are 1.Only the first Kriya, irrespective of any Talanga, except Kakapada, must be kept sounded and all the remaining Kriyas, if any, must be soundless 2. Irrespective of the number of Laghus incorporated in a Tala, each Laghu must be of the same category without any deviation and 3. The duration of all the Kriyas must be one and the same without any deviation. All the rhythmical forms devoid of any Samyuktanga and following these above 3 rules can always be rendered as Talas and the rhythmical forms not only contradicting with these above rules but also consisting of Samyuktangas should never be rendered as Talas.
All the 35 Talas and any rhythmical form following these above rules come under the category of renderable Talas and Talas like Sharabhanandana, Tiruppugazh prosodical forms and all the rhythmical forms consisting of Samyuktangas i.e., combinations of Talangas written one above the other like Druta-virama, Laghu-virama, Laghu-druta, Laghu-druta-virama etc., come under this category of non-renderable Talas. I prefer to call them ‘non-renderable-talas’ only than ‘undisciplined-rhythmical-forms’. For example among the 32,768 varieties of rhythmical forms pertaining to 16-units - 2 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 2, the 15,047th permutation is a rhythmical form which can be taken as Tala consisting of Druta, Anudruta, Chaturashra-jati-laghu, Anudruta, Druta, Druta, Anudruta. Anudruta and Druta totally carrying 16-units in a cycle and can be named after ‘nick H-tala’ if at all you are interested and 3 3 1 1 2 5 1 - the 17,125th permutation is another rhythmical form which cannot be taken as a Tala to be rendered as it, apart from the two 1-units and one 2-units which can, of course, be rendered as two Anudrutas and one Druta, also carries two 3-units and one 5-unit, which have to be rendered as two Laghus pertaining to Trisra-jaati and one Laghu pertaining to Khanda-jaati, which is contradictory to the above 2nd traditional rule of our Tala system. This for your kind information.
Of course, I know a little of music but not the rules of our form to start a new thread in our forum on my own. That is why I have requested our Administrator, srkris to do the needful in this matter and waiting for it. amsharma.
All the 35 Talas and any rhythmical form following these above rules come under the category of renderable Talas and Talas like Sharabhanandana, Tiruppugazh prosodical forms and all the rhythmical forms consisting of Samyuktangas i.e., combinations of Talangas written one above the other like Druta-virama, Laghu-virama, Laghu-druta, Laghu-druta-virama etc., come under this category of non-renderable Talas. I prefer to call them ‘non-renderable-talas’ only than ‘undisciplined-rhythmical-forms’. For example among the 32,768 varieties of rhythmical forms pertaining to 16-units - 2 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 2, the 15,047th permutation is a rhythmical form which can be taken as Tala consisting of Druta, Anudruta, Chaturashra-jati-laghu, Anudruta, Druta, Druta, Anudruta. Anudruta and Druta totally carrying 16-units in a cycle and can be named after ‘nick H-tala’ if at all you are interested and 3 3 1 1 2 5 1 - the 17,125th permutation is another rhythmical form which cannot be taken as a Tala to be rendered as it, apart from the two 1-units and one 2-units which can, of course, be rendered as two Anudrutas and one Druta, also carries two 3-units and one 5-unit, which have to be rendered as two Laghus pertaining to Trisra-jaati and one Laghu pertaining to Khanda-jaati, which is contradictory to the above 2nd traditional rule of our Tala system. This for your kind information.
Of course, I know a little of music but not the rules of our form to start a new thread in our forum on my own. That is why I have requested our Administrator, srkris to do the needful in this matter and waiting for it. amsharma.
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Dear msakella-garu
I will wait for the new thread to ask some related questions.
Thanks
Arun
I understand. Sorry for misquoting you - i sort of thought you may be meaning this but was not that sure. Also, your later post to Nick H further clarifies what I thought you may have meant (cannot rendered i.e. as in as a tala).msakella wrote:Dear member, arunk, As you wrote in your post I did never label the Samyuktanga-prastaras as non-rhythmic. They are not ‘non-rhythmic’. My words ‘disciplined and indisciplined’ also should be meant only as ‘renderable and non-renderable’ rhythmical forms..
I will wait for the new thread to ask some related questions.
Thanks
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Dear member, arunk, This is a place for the exchange of thoughts and related subjective discussions. We may not be able to meet so frequently in person for this purpose. But, taking advantage of this Internet and this forum, in particular, we can always exchange all our thoughts and have subjective discussions for the benefit of all. For this we both must thank both the Internet and this forum alike. And, always I feel it as my duty to enlighten my brothers and sisters on the subject I have already had a little more experience, being an elderly person, for the benefit of our society. Welcome, you can ask me as many number of questions as you can. OK. amsharma.
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Dear msakella-garu, please tell me how many thalas have13.5 beats or 54unit . From Among 108 Talas including the first 5 are Marga-talas and the remaining are Deshi-talas. And how is putting talas for that ( Really Iknow Iam a child ) but iam lucky to see great Artists and got chance to perform infrontof them and got appreciation .Iam sure that if i get a ,chaance to perform infrontof you will also satisfy. Yesterday i got a programme of Payyanur Pain &Paliative Care society .I did it with out any financial benifit .In that programme I played mridangam and put thalam with other hand .After getting your reply Iwill uplod that programme . thank you
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Member Re: New thala structure called `Sivapalathalam.'Dear msakella-garu, please tell me how many thalas have13.5 beats or 54unit . From Among 108 Talas including the first 5 are Marga-talas and the remaining are Deshi-talas. And how is putting talas for that ( Really Iknow Iam a child ) but iam lucky to see great Artists and got chance to perform infrontof them and got appreciation .Iam sure that if i get a ,chaance to perform infrontof you will also satisfy. Yesterday i got a programme of Payyanur Pain &Paliative Care society .I did it with out any financial benifit .In that programme I played mridangam and put thalam with other hand .After getting your reply Iwill uplod that programme . thank you
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Member Re: New thala structure called `Sivapalathalam.'Dear msakella-garu, please tell me how many thalas have13.5 beats or 54unit . From Among 108 Talas including the first 5 are Marga-talas and the remaining are Deshi-talas. And how is putting talas for that ( Really Iknow Iam a child ) but iam lucky to see great Artists and got chance to perform infrontof them and got appreciation .Iam sure that if i get a ,chaance to perform infrontof you will also satisfy. Yesterday i got a programme of Payyanur Pain &Paliative Care society .I did it with out any financial benifit .In that programme I played mridangam and put thalam with other hand .After getting your reply Iwill uplod that programme . thank you
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Dear member, priyamhn@yahoo.com, You are a Vidwan in Mridangam and by all means I appreciate your attitude towards making experiments. But, in the Tala-chapter of our Indian music, there is one chapter called ‘Talaprastara’, the 10th and the last element of ‘Tala-dasha-pranas’. In fact, being the last one it received the least treatment right from our Great Nisshanka Sharngadeva, who does not know the full details of it but included it in his ‘Taladhyaya’ having only copied it from some other source (I have proved it with solid evidences in my book, ‘Talaprastara of Nisshanka Sharngadeva’s Sangita Ratnakara - a critical interpretation’). Most unfortunately, all the other authors followed suit but dared to furnish huge lists of several Talas which helped only for the duplication of them in so many ways. Till date, I did never find even a single person knowing the full details of this topic on earth. In the annals of our music literature there were only two authors, 1.Parshvadeva of 13th century, the author of Sangita Samaya Sara and 2.Tacchhur Singaracharya Bros. of 1902, the authors of Gayakalochanam, who have furnished fixed serial numbers to the Talas furnished in their works. Even though it was proved that they have the detailed knowledge of Talaprastara by furnishing these fixed serial numbers to Talas, most unfortunately, they too did not furnish the most important details of it in their works. Any person who is well versed in Talaprastara can only furnish the fixed serial number to any rhythmical form of the universe by which the authentic origin of any rhythmical form of the universe can be proved beyond any doubt. That is why I am also asking you ‘Is there any other Tala having half-beat and if so, what is/are its fixed serial number/s? msakella.
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Dear member, priyamhn@yahoo.com, I have gone through your reply in ‘sivapalathalam.wetpaint.com’. I have always been interested in acquiring as much knowledge as I can pertaining to our Great Indian culture only to distribute what little I know to my juniors in the process of keeping our great culture in tact but not at all to boost myself in any way. All the office-bearers and members of our forum, ‘rasika’, are very actively and enthusiastically participating in such activities and I, as a member of it, also feel to contribute my mite in this process. So, I hope you will agree with me and bring out all your queries through this forum to enrich ourselves in this process. If they are also interested in these proceedings and ask us, we both shall post these proceedings in both the forums.
Still I am also a student, but senior by age, as I am 69 yrs., old now. As far as my knowledge goes there will never be a half-figure i.e., 3 ½, 4 ½. 12 ½ etc., and in the same manner no half-beat is available in any rhythmical form of the universe. msakella.
Still I am also a student, but senior by age, as I am 69 yrs., old now. As far as my knowledge goes there will never be a half-figure i.e., 3 ½, 4 ½. 12 ½ etc., and in the same manner no half-beat is available in any rhythmical form of the universe. msakella.
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Dear msakella-garu, please tell me how many thalas have13.5 beats or 54unit .If there is no means SIVAPALATHALA is not coming in the least of Among 108 Talastalas ( 108 Talas the first 5 are Marga-talas and the remaining are Deshi-talas.) Another thing is that suppose we are putting ghandajathy thripuda thalm 3 timese we willget 27 beats . For that thalam we need 108 unit .One beat need 4 unit .If we are using 54 unit in the same means we will reach half . The length between the two point will be 13.5 beat. waitng for your reply sir .
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Dear member, priyamhn@yahoo.com, At the first instance you must give me the details of all the Talangas of that Tala in a serial order, then the total of Kriyas of those Talangas basing upon Jaati required and the Gati i.e., Trisra or Chaturashra or others. Basing upon the Talangas, Kriyas and units of the respective Gati the total of units of each cycle or Avarta of the Tala should be obtained. Unless you give me these details of Sivapalathalam I cannot proceed at all.
Triputa-tala consists of three Talangas, one Laghu and two Drutas and for Khanda-jaati the total of Kriyas are 5 + 2 + 2 = 9. As you wrote, if you want to put 3 times of it, it arrives at 3 x 9 = 27 Kriyas. OK. Then, while rendering this Tala, according to the required Gati, you have to render 3 x 27 = 81 units for Trisra-gati, 4 x 27 = 108 units for Chaturashra-gati, 5 x 27 = 135 units for Khanda-gati, 7 x 27 = 189 units for Mishra-gati
and 9 x 27 = 243 units for Sankeerna-gati. This is the correct approach of a Tala. If this is not the correct approach please furnish the correct approach and we shall discuss. If you
want a Tala containing 54-units you can have it even without incorporating half-beat in it. Why do you try to incorporate a half-beat in it? Can you furnish the details of any Tala
containing half-beat? Please do so. In the meantime I shall be away for 3 days and come back as I have to conduct a two-days work-shop on the easy methods in singing Svarakalpana and Ragalapana in a music school at Tanuku, East Godavari District of our State. msakella.
Triputa-tala consists of three Talangas, one Laghu and two Drutas and for Khanda-jaati the total of Kriyas are 5 + 2 + 2 = 9. As you wrote, if you want to put 3 times of it, it arrives at 3 x 9 = 27 Kriyas. OK. Then, while rendering this Tala, according to the required Gati, you have to render 3 x 27 = 81 units for Trisra-gati, 4 x 27 = 108 units for Chaturashra-gati, 5 x 27 = 135 units for Khanda-gati, 7 x 27 = 189 units for Mishra-gati
and 9 x 27 = 243 units for Sankeerna-gati. This is the correct approach of a Tala. If this is not the correct approach please furnish the correct approach and we shall discuss. If you
want a Tala containing 54-units you can have it even without incorporating half-beat in it. Why do you try to incorporate a half-beat in it? Can you furnish the details of any Tala
containing half-beat? Please do so. In the meantime I shall be away for 3 days and come back as I have to conduct a two-days work-shop on the easy methods in singing Svarakalpana and Ragalapana in a music school at Tanuku, East Godavari District of our State. msakella.
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'Dear msakella-garu, I have uploaded sivapalathalam played in mridangam and chanda in my web site. I have also uploaded a keerthanam in sivasakthy raga set to sivapalathalam ( written by sree Kambarath Madhavan payyanur) compossed and sung by sree Kanhangad T.P.Sreenivasanan (AIR Agrade artist ). I expect your wholehearted opinion .............................................About me I have learnt tabala from sree TVM vijayan (hindusthni) I get a chance to give guru dakshina to sree chalad Kannan . .So I am considering all seniors as my gurus accoding to (Mridangam member) those who have basic knowledge can do a lot. In the web you can watch my putting thalam with right hand and playing with other hand. The appriciation certficats the only award I got from the great masters like sree T.KMoorthy, sree Parasala Ravi (Retired Principal of Swathithirunal Sangeetha College Trivandrum), Sree. A.S.N.Nambeesan--A great scholar in keraleya thalavadya, Sree V.P.Dhananjayan (Bharatanatyam) and others. Because of having 13.5 beat the next thalavattam we will not get any single unit up to next thalavattam while playind gathyse. so please put khandajathy thripuda and taist the differance between 27 akshara thalas and sivapalathala. If you are indrested let us conduct a good programme. waiting for yor reply sir shall I get a chance to talk through internet or phone, http://sivapalathalam.wetpaint.com/
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Dear member, priyamhn@yahoo.com, I have gone through your recent post. I do not know any one of the stalwarts you have mentioned therein. I am interested in knowing the details of your Tala than down-loading the relevant pictures. I am not going to question your Vidwat but the details of all the Talangas of that Tala in a serial order, then the total of Kriyas of those Talangas basing upon Jaati required and the Gati i.e., Trisra or Chaturashra or others. Basing upon the Talangas, Kriyas and units of the respective Gati the total of units of each cycle or Avarta of the Tala should be obtained. Unless you give me these details of Sivapalathalam I can do nothing about it. I am also finding it difficult to understand your letter. I am unable to understand why you are uploading the relevant details instead of furnishing them to me. Instead of contacting me by telephone it is not only cheaper to discuss through our rasikas forum but also properly enlightens all our people. amsharma.
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'Dear msakella-garu, I have uploaded sivapalathalam played in mridangam and chanda in my web site.2 Ihave up loded the video of putting the thala with one hand and playing mrithanga with other hand .After seaing that video clips It very easy to discuss .Iam thing that it is very easy to put ghandajathy thripudathal < then you can understand that with in 27 beat you will get 2 thalavattam of SIVAPALATHALAM that means it is consuming 13.5 beat )this medi is very easy to clarify the doubt than reading five books .After that everybody can easy to criticise in this media .sir according to you( As far as my knowledge goes there will never be a half-figure i.e., 3 ½, 4 ½. 12 ½ etc., and in the same manner no half-beat is available in any rhythmical form of the universe. msakella.).If one is coming that is new . one example if we are taking one litter full of water we know it is 1 litter if there another one pot wich can contain half of its water means it is half litter like that sivapalathalam is half of 27 beat means13.5 may iget your opinion.
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Brother, Chi. Priyamohan dear, I have tried my level best but not getting the video clipping. However, I do not understand why you are hesitating to furnish the Tala you have yourself created in terms of its Angas, Kriyas, constituent units of each Kriya and the total number of units of an Avarta. In such case, I shall try to decipher your Tala I understood and please try to correct me if I go wrong. Khanda-jati Triputa-tala consists of one Khanda-jati Laghu carrying 5 Kriyas, the first Druta consisting of 2 Kriyas and the second Druta consisting of 2 more Kriyas totaling to 9 Kriyas. As per our tradition we have to render three sounded beats and 5 un-sounded acts in this tala. But, I do not understand how can I get 27 beats in 9 Kriyas. If I run 3-units of each Kriya then it should be called Trisra-gati. But, surprisingly enough, you are telling only 27 beats but not 27-units. Unfortunately, I feel better to read even more than five books than to follow your narration. I never want to criticize anybody. Why should I do so even at this age? I should not and need not do so. But, I am interested in maintaining our tradition properly. That is why I have criticized even the creation of Sharabhanandana-tala by our beloved Shyama Shastry, the Great. Mistake is mistake. We should be ideal to others in maintaining our great traditions. Please don’t get irritated but give me a proper reply. Without giving proper reply if you get irritated and write something non-sense I have no other go except to stop answering your posts. amsharma.
Even after modification of your letter by you my reply doesn’t need any modification. But, hereafter I shall attend to the posts in our Rasikas only but not in wetpaint.com. amsharma.
Even after modification of your letter by you my reply doesn’t need any modification. But, hereafter I shall attend to the posts in our Rasikas only but not in wetpaint.com. amsharma.
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Dear msakella-garu: the video can be viewed at: http://sivapalathalam.wetpaint.com/page/video+03.
and http://sivapalathalam.wetpaint.com/page/video+05
I was able to watch it yesterday on my home computer.
I dont have that much knowledge on this subject to get in the discussion here, but here is an attempt to clear up the communication channels (although i may be making matters worse by introducing my own terminlogy! If so, my apologies).
The tala seems to put like the cApu talas i.e. no laghus. From what I could make out, it looks like:
B b B b b B
B: 8 units (one beat/slap with the hand, played as thakadimi thakajanu on mridangam)
b: 4 units (one beat/slap with the hand, played as thakadhimi on mridangam)
t: 6 units (2 fast beats/slaps with the hand)
Note: I have grouped the last b b b t as [ b b b t ] because i think this is the sankIrNa cApu that priyamhn talks about.
This adds as 8 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 8 + [ 4 + 4 + 4 + 6 ]= 36 + [18]. So 27 (18 + 9), 13-1/2 (9 + 4.5) etc. come by dividing it by 2 and 4. respectively.
As I mentioned this is sort like cApu talas and so I am not sure how this relates to tradition - but it is a rhythmic cycle. The Hindu article does mention that this tala is more influenced by kerala talas/tradition.
Arun
and http://sivapalathalam.wetpaint.com/page/video+05
I was able to watch it yesterday on my home computer.
I dont have that much knowledge on this subject to get in the discussion here, but here is an attempt to clear up the communication channels (although i may be making matters worse by introducing my own terminlogy! If so, my apologies).
The tala seems to put like the cApu talas i.e. no laghus. From what I could make out, it looks like:
B b B b b B
B: 8 units (one beat/slap with the hand, played as thakadimi thakajanu on mridangam)
b: 4 units (one beat/slap with the hand, played as thakadhimi on mridangam)
t: 6 units (2 fast beats/slaps with the hand)
Note: I have grouped the last b b b t as [ b b b t ] because i think this is the sankIrNa cApu that priyamhn talks about.
This adds as 8 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 8 + [ 4 + 4 + 4 + 6 ]= 36 + [18]. So 27 (18 + 9), 13-1/2 (9 + 4.5) etc. come by dividing it by 2 and 4. respectively.
As I mentioned this is sort like cApu talas and so I am not sure how this relates to tradition - but it is a rhythmic cycle. The Hindu article does mention that this tala is more influenced by kerala talas/tradition.
Arun
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Dear arunk very very thanks for clarifying like this . It is not easy that is why i have up loded this. Next I am going to upload one thalavadya katchary conducted in payyanur at onam by SOUTH ZONE CULTARAL PROGRAMME . (The Chennai-based veteran mridangam artiste T.K. Murthy, complimented him when Harimohan demonstrated the thala before him. Several other percussionists, both in Kerala and outside, have approved the rare structure and aesthetics of Shivapalathalam, he claims. He recalls that veteran thala scholar and composer A.S.N. Nambeesan appreciated the unique Keralite flavour in Shivapalathalam and advised Harimohanan to popularise it in Kerala. Harimohan has also evolved a methodology for using this thala for Carnatic vocal recitals, "With the blessings of my gurus and senior maestros, perhaps, I will be able to popularise it. Now, my attempt is to introduce this thala in percussion ensembles in Kerala," says Harimohanan, a self-taught artiste. ) Now a days all are going through sarvalaghu that is why our 'Dear msakella-garu,said '( I did never find even a single person knowing the full details of this topic on earth.) and also ( Still I am also a student, but senior by age, as I am 69 yrs., old now. As far as my knowledge goes there will never be a half-figure i.e., 3 ½, 4 ½. 12 ½ etc., and in the same manner no half-beat is available in any rhythmical form of the universe. msakella.) Change is essancial for every thing like the western violin comes to carnatic music or sruthy box coms. I havent seen any single book but i got the least of 27 akshar thalas from the great guru Dr T.K. Murthy. I know the differance of SIVAPALATHALAM with that any how I will go on my own way with out giving my thumb thank you
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The Tattakaaram for the song goes like this. It is not Chaapu Taala. Thaka (Dhina) Thaka Thaka (dhina) Thaka Dhina Thaka (Dhina) Thaka Dhina Thaka Thaki (ta). The words in brackets are Silent kriyas in the tala. The last (ta) also is not represented by a beat as it is part of Takita which we generally omit like in Chaapu Talas-Misra Chaapu, Khanda Chaapu or even Adi Tala Tisra Nadai. All the beats are in Chatusra Nadai only. The Single First beat is actually 2 beats duration with the second beat silent. The second audible beat is one beat. The Third audible beat is again two beats with the second beat silent. The 4th and 5th beats are audible. The 6th Beat is again 2 beat duration with the second beat being silent. Then comes the Sankeerna Chaapu. It follows below :
Beat No: 1 (Sashabda and Nishabda) 2 Aksharas
Beat No: 2 Sashabda 1 Akshara
Beat No: 3 Sashabda and Nishabda 2 Aksharas
Beat No: 4 Sashabda 1 Akshara
Beat No: 5 Sashabda 1 Akshara
Beat No: 6 Sashabda and Nishadba 2 Aksharas
Beat No: 7 Sashabda (Starting of Sankeerna Chaapu) 1 Akshara
Beat No: 8 Sashabda (Second beat of sankeerna chaapu) 1 Akshara
Beat No: 9 Sashabda (Third Beat of Sankeerna Chaapu) 1 Akshara
Beat No:10 Sashabda (Tisra End part of Sankeerna Chaapu) 1 1/2 Akshara
So adding the above 2+1+2+1+1+2+1+1+1+1 1/2 makes the total aksharas to 13 1/2.
This is how i see the tala. More over i have tried to put Adi Talam and cheked. The song goes for 1 1/2 avarta and finishes with 1 1/2 Akshara or in other words it finishes 1/2 akshara before the start of the second drutam in the second avarta making the total Aksharas to 13 1/2.
I have only dissected the tala and tried to explain it for the sake of readers as to how the tala can be properly seen and represented. The words are something like this "SRI SAILA NILAYA CHANDRA SEKARA PRABHAVA". I m not really sure about the sahitya because of echo in the recording and also the presence of accompanying instruments.From whatever i could listen i am writing may be someone could throw light on the sahitya as well though more important aspect is about the Tala itself and logistics like sahitya here is only for academic interest. SRI (2 AKSHARAS) SAILA ( 2 AKSHARAS) NILAYA (3 AKSHARAS) CHANDRA (2 AKSHARAS) SEKARA (3 AKSHARAS) PRABHAVA (1 1/2 AKSHARA).
Further comments or observations i shall try to add later.
Mannarkoil J.Balaji
Beat No: 1 (Sashabda and Nishabda) 2 Aksharas
Beat No: 2 Sashabda 1 Akshara
Beat No: 3 Sashabda and Nishabda 2 Aksharas
Beat No: 4 Sashabda 1 Akshara
Beat No: 5 Sashabda 1 Akshara
Beat No: 6 Sashabda and Nishadba 2 Aksharas
Beat No: 7 Sashabda (Starting of Sankeerna Chaapu) 1 Akshara
Beat No: 8 Sashabda (Second beat of sankeerna chaapu) 1 Akshara
Beat No: 9 Sashabda (Third Beat of Sankeerna Chaapu) 1 Akshara
Beat No:10 Sashabda (Tisra End part of Sankeerna Chaapu) 1 1/2 Akshara
So adding the above 2+1+2+1+1+2+1+1+1+1 1/2 makes the total aksharas to 13 1/2.
This is how i see the tala. More over i have tried to put Adi Talam and cheked. The song goes for 1 1/2 avarta and finishes with 1 1/2 Akshara or in other words it finishes 1/2 akshara before the start of the second drutam in the second avarta making the total Aksharas to 13 1/2.
I have only dissected the tala and tried to explain it for the sake of readers as to how the tala can be properly seen and represented. The words are something like this "SRI SAILA NILAYA CHANDRA SEKARA PRABHAVA". I m not really sure about the sahitya because of echo in the recording and also the presence of accompanying instruments.From whatever i could listen i am writing may be someone could throw light on the sahitya as well though more important aspect is about the Tala itself and logistics like sahitya here is only for academic interest. SRI (2 AKSHARAS) SAILA ( 2 AKSHARAS) NILAYA (3 AKSHARAS) CHANDRA (2 AKSHARAS) SEKARA (3 AKSHARAS) PRABHAVA (1 1/2 AKSHARA).
Further comments or observations i shall try to add later.
Mannarkoil J.Balaji
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Dear members, Arun, priyamhn@yahoo.com & Mridhangam, Surprisingly, it has become a real wetpaint in my case and I was unable to get any video picture out at all from wetpaint.com. However, somehow I could sum up the contents of the post furnished by our brother-member, mridhangam to arrive at a reasonable picture and I am very much thankful to him for having kindly fished me out. Now, as I have already guessed, while Shyama Shastry’s Sharabhanandana-tala fits in Talaprastara like all the other rhythmical forms of the universe and can be used even as a rhythmical form but cannot be rendered at all, this structure of Sivapalathalam is the only one of its kind I have ever seen which does not even fit in Talaprasatara at all. Having no knowledge of the rare topic, Talaprastara, many stalwarts might have supported this Tala structure but our brother-member, sbala, having recently gone much deep into this topic, Talaprastara, should also be able to furnish the authentic serial number, if any, of this Tala of 13 ½ units. Awaiting reply from sbala, amsharma.
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Akella Garu and others
As I hav already mentioned in my post that I shall try to add my observations later I am herewith trying to pour my thoughts into this further. The Tala Structure contains actually 9 Beat portions (before the start of Sankeerna Chaapu) where the 2nd, 5th, 9th are silent. I dont see any big logic in this as it could have been a Sankeerna Laghu and a sankeerna Chaapu, which can be logically answered as first Sankeerna Laghu having double the duration of Sankeerna Chaapu and then a Sankeerna Chaapu which is half the duration of Sankeerna Laghu to make the structure interesting. Anyway having made the Tala Structure this way by Mr.Harimohan, we may have to observe this and many more. May be to make the tala structure look complicated it was designed that way. Can there be any logic in this is a moot point we have to ask. If the silences coincide with the sahitya structure it would have been appropriate for the Tala structure chosen.
As pointed out by Mr.Akella Sir in the post regarding Tala Prastara "Rhythmical forms are innumerable ...." we may have to be catholic enough to accept forms and structures beyond Tala Prastara gamuts also. Akella sir has pointed out that even the great Sarngadeva himself has faltered in his attempts. My sincere appeal is that we may have to go beyond tala prastara (As tala prastara does not provide scope for 1/2 akshara talas) and see this composition as such and view this as a special case itself. May be we could get something interesting at a later date if the present day composers like Dr.Balamuralikrishna comes up with something interesting. I have even heard Papanasam Ashok Ramani sing a Ragam Tanam Pallavi in a peculiar Tala structure for Khanda Jaati Triputa Tala where the 5th beat (the index finger position) was halved to give 17 akshara for the Tala in anuloma and 8 1/2 in Pratiloma. He took a pallavi in that tala and did in 2 Kalai up till 8th Beat and the 9th Beat (index finger position) will have one kalai. Again the two drutas will have 2 Kalais till the end/Start position. While doing Pratiloma the structure will be One Kalai till the Middle finger position and the Index finger beat will be halved in duration (that is the beat will be for a shorter duration of Half beat) and then immediately go to Drutam giving a challenge for both the singer and the accompanist. The Pallavi was interesting enough as a Lakshya Pallavi.
Doing something for the sake of experiment is one side of the coin but doing it with rules and regulations take other side. There are Lakshana and Lakshya in our Music. May be this Tala could be termed as a Lakshya Tala (in a very loose sense-though i am not well versed with the theoretical details of what exactly constitutes Lakshana and what exactly could be made to be observed as lakshya). The territories are unknown to me as are the theories. The gereal usage of the Term Lakshana to fit into rules and Lakshya to fit beyond rules is the sense is what i have implied.
one further observation is :
1) Kriti in sivasakti lacks Dvitiyakshara Prasa not a major one but a point to be mentioned for a composition. (Pallavi Start is Sri Saila and anupallavi starts something like Santaram ).
Any way i have poured my thoughts here in the sense of achieving the mediation between Akella Sir and member priyamhn. I am in no way competent enough to give advise to Akella garu as his vast years of experience in this field is well known and well acclaimed.
Mr.Harimohan's tala will go in the annals if it is gained as a recognition by one and all and made as a 109th (under the 108 schemes) or 121st (am i right ???) Tala in Sarngadevas list or 176th Tala in Suladi Sapta tala or 10th tala in Nava Sandhi Talas or 5th Tala in Chaapu Talas. May be we have to wait and watch.
In these days of influence, money and political power anything could be rewritten.
JB
As I hav already mentioned in my post that I shall try to add my observations later I am herewith trying to pour my thoughts into this further. The Tala Structure contains actually 9 Beat portions (before the start of Sankeerna Chaapu) where the 2nd, 5th, 9th are silent. I dont see any big logic in this as it could have been a Sankeerna Laghu and a sankeerna Chaapu, which can be logically answered as first Sankeerna Laghu having double the duration of Sankeerna Chaapu and then a Sankeerna Chaapu which is half the duration of Sankeerna Laghu to make the structure interesting. Anyway having made the Tala Structure this way by Mr.Harimohan, we may have to observe this and many more. May be to make the tala structure look complicated it was designed that way. Can there be any logic in this is a moot point we have to ask. If the silences coincide with the sahitya structure it would have been appropriate for the Tala structure chosen.
As pointed out by Mr.Akella Sir in the post regarding Tala Prastara "Rhythmical forms are innumerable ...." we may have to be catholic enough to accept forms and structures beyond Tala Prastara gamuts also. Akella sir has pointed out that even the great Sarngadeva himself has faltered in his attempts. My sincere appeal is that we may have to go beyond tala prastara (As tala prastara does not provide scope for 1/2 akshara talas) and see this composition as such and view this as a special case itself. May be we could get something interesting at a later date if the present day composers like Dr.Balamuralikrishna comes up with something interesting. I have even heard Papanasam Ashok Ramani sing a Ragam Tanam Pallavi in a peculiar Tala structure for Khanda Jaati Triputa Tala where the 5th beat (the index finger position) was halved to give 17 akshara for the Tala in anuloma and 8 1/2 in Pratiloma. He took a pallavi in that tala and did in 2 Kalai up till 8th Beat and the 9th Beat (index finger position) will have one kalai. Again the two drutas will have 2 Kalais till the end/Start position. While doing Pratiloma the structure will be One Kalai till the Middle finger position and the Index finger beat will be halved in duration (that is the beat will be for a shorter duration of Half beat) and then immediately go to Drutam giving a challenge for both the singer and the accompanist. The Pallavi was interesting enough as a Lakshya Pallavi.
Doing something for the sake of experiment is one side of the coin but doing it with rules and regulations take other side. There are Lakshana and Lakshya in our Music. May be this Tala could be termed as a Lakshya Tala (in a very loose sense-though i am not well versed with the theoretical details of what exactly constitutes Lakshana and what exactly could be made to be observed as lakshya). The territories are unknown to me as are the theories. The gereal usage of the Term Lakshana to fit into rules and Lakshya to fit beyond rules is the sense is what i have implied.
one further observation is :
1) Kriti in sivasakti lacks Dvitiyakshara Prasa not a major one but a point to be mentioned for a composition. (Pallavi Start is Sri Saila and anupallavi starts something like Santaram ).
Any way i have poured my thoughts here in the sense of achieving the mediation between Akella Sir and member priyamhn. I am in no way competent enough to give advise to Akella garu as his vast years of experience in this field is well known and well acclaimed.
Mr.Harimohan's tala will go in the annals if it is gained as a recognition by one and all and made as a 109th (under the 108 schemes) or 121st (am i right ???) Tala in Sarngadevas list or 176th Tala in Suladi Sapta tala or 10th tala in Nava Sandhi Talas or 5th Tala in Chaapu Talas. May be we have to wait and watch.
In these days of influence, money and political power anything could be rewritten.
JB
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I'm not well versed to comment on the aesthetic aspects of music and I have not gone through this thread completely as well. But, if we are saying we could accomodate half akshara thalas, what is stopping us from doing 1/3,1/5 etc. Mathematically, even that could be construed as a rhythm. For instance, lets take a thalam that takes 8.2 counts assuming someone comes up with a kriya to denote the .2 counts. This is just a question as I'm just a beginner. To me, it seems like if we do not go by the rules, then we need to draw a line somewhere and it will be a struggle as rules are meant for that purpose.
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Dear member, mridhangam, In such case, all the more, this Sivapalathalam stands in the annals of our music literature as the first one of its kind even without our usual Talangas or without any authentic serial number. Till now, while we are in a position to show similar basic rhythmical structures even to our Desadi or Madhyadi or any of the Chapu-talas, hereafter, we need not even bother to show such similar basic rhythmical structures to such forthcoming Talas as a development in our science of music. Thus, we can bid good-bye to our age old traditions in this developmental process of our culture. OK. Even our poor Shyama Shastry could not dare to do this!
Recently, in one of my posts, I wrote that while the Hindusthani-music-artists are using only Thaali and Khaali in rendering their Talas without using our traditional Talangas at all but claiming our authentic music works like Sangita Ratnakara as their authentic works also, our Karnataka-music-artists are still using our traditional Talangas in rendering our Talas maintaing our tradition. Now, this Sivapalathalam paves way to follow the foot steps of our Hindusthani-music-artists in this respect. Very encouraging indeed! amsharma.
Recently, in one of my posts, I wrote that while the Hindusthani-music-artists are using only Thaali and Khaali in rendering their Talas without using our traditional Talangas at all but claiming our authentic music works like Sangita Ratnakara as their authentic works also, our Karnataka-music-artists are still using our traditional Talangas in rendering our Talas maintaing our tradition. Now, this Sivapalathalam paves way to follow the foot steps of our Hindusthani-music-artists in this respect. Very encouraging indeed! amsharma.
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Akella Garu hope you are not criticising ME for writing that post. I have not tried to support Mr.Harimohan and his invention nor am i trying to discredit it. (For both i dont have any knowledge). I have tried to highlight certain important points that came up in my mind like Lakshya sangeetha and Lakshana sangeetha in which sense we can view this Tala. It has now been proved well beyond doubt that this tala cannot be defined in terms of Tala Prastara at all. so, why do we have to again and again grind there. Shall we look beyond Tala Prastara and see it as a separate entity like even Sarabanandana Tala? Can start a separate serial numbers for 1/2 Akshara Talas as well ? 1) Shivapalatalam 2) ????????????? 3) ???????????? etc ? As some one earlier posted that even one with a basic knowledge of talas could come up with a new tala structure will hold water then. I can have a tala with this following structure too. Assume we have Thisra Jaathi Dhruva Tala Chatusra Nadai. After every laghu portion I add a Tisra Nadai it can give a different Tala Structure too. it might be 3+1 1/2+2+3+1 1/2 + 3 + 1/2 to give a total of 15 1/2 aksharas also. Yahooooo have i found a new tala and term it as "PATHAALAM" ? So our debate here is first whether the Tala itself is acceptable within the Gamut of Written Manuals or can be accpeted beyond it. If it is to be accepted beyond it then who will bell the cat for such talas and who will draw a line (as Mr.Bala has quoted). There is a famous quote in Tamil "Thadi Eduthavan ellam Thandal Kaaran" meaning free for all without any rules and regulations. It is of course as a way of discussion that we are trying to arrive at a logical conclusion for this problem we are facing here. I reiterate here in the forum that my intentions in participating in this forums are for gaining knowledge and also to give out whatever little i know. ABSOLUTELY I DONT WANT TO CRITICISE ANYONE AND HARM ANYBODY'S FEELINGS.
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Dear member, mridhangam, I do not and need not find fault with anybody’s view. Why should I? Everybody can have his own view and it is his birth right. Why should I interfere? One kind of strict disciplinary action later becomes tradition. In that manner, our ancestors have long back evolved some inter-disciplinary methods in respect of our Talas for a disciplined development in the later centuries and named them as Tala-dasha-pranas. One among them is Talaprastara. Due to the ignorance of our fore-fathers we all have lost its track since many centuries and now it dawned upon us. Any person who is knowledgeable enough in Talaprastara declares that fraction of figures are not possible in Talaprastara. However, if any person comes out with a well-disciplined plan of application of Talaprastara for all the fractions of figures also, becomes able to give authentic serial numbers to all of them and also give suitable answers to all my questions, as I am the only person alive upon earth knowing the full details of this Talaprastara, I shall be the first person to congratulate him in this regard. Let anybody try in that direction. Welcome. amsharma.
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May I ask for a clarification on this 1/2 count? This is really not about the specifics of Sivapalathalam but the discussion seems to indicate that traditionally a fractional beat count per avarthanam is not allowed in CM. But we know that the chapu thalas ( with 2 1/2, 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 ) are very much in vogue and they do not really follow the traditional thala angas and they probably have a different origin. So, Sivapalathalam is not the first one to introduce half beat count in to the CM fold, correct? or is there a way to incorporate and reconcile the chapu thalas with the tranditional thalas which do not allow fractional beat count avarthanams?
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Dear member, vasanthakokilam, In the annals of our Indian music, around 13th century, mostly Chaturashra-jati was in vogue and having relevance with the even number four, only four Talangas, Druta, Laghu, Guru & Pluta are used, funnily prohibiting the fully silent Anga, Kakapada, that too in only some of the talas. That is why; in those days, even Talaprastara was applied only to the Angas pertaining to Chaturashra-jatiand and was called Chaturanga-prastara. Later on the lacuna of odd-numbers was felt and Trisra-jati was included and extended to Talas paving way to other odd Jatis, Khanda, Mishra & Sankirana in our practical usage and with respective relevance with Panchanga, Shadanga-prastaras in Talaprastara. Even then, we do not have any jati for 11 or 13 or 17 or 19 etc., etc. To fill this void the Samyuktanga-prastara, which was ignorantly called Shodashanga-prastara (4x4=16) by all the authors but, extending it only to the Angas pertaining to Chaturashra-jati, as if other Jatis are not alive at all. If this has to be extended to all other Jatis also, similarly we have to call them Dvadashanga-prastara (3x4=12) for Trisra-jati taking the value of the highest Anga, Kakapada into consideration, Vimshatyanga-prastara (5x4=20) for Khanda-jati, Ashta-vimshatyanga-prastara (7x4=28) and Shat-trimshadanga-prastara (9x4=36), thus, changing the name every time the Jati changes just like a foolish person changing his name evey time he goes to another street of his village. That is why this has been named after Samyuktanga-prastara as different combinations of Talangas written one above the other are also used in this process of permutation. Thus, our fore-fathers have already made a provision for the usage of all the units of figures in our Talas without any exception at all. Thus the talas containing odd-figures of Kriyas in an Avarta like 3, 5, 7, 9 are also provided independent identity calling them Chapu-talas but they did not take them in terms of 1 ½ or 2 ½ or 3 ½ or 4 ½ and so on as they also thought that such thing makes the mathematical applications cumbersome. Generally, the figures are cited with the nearst round figure but not along with their fractions unless it is necessary. I do not understand the logic behind using the fractional figures also in Talas as if all the available innumerable independent figures are not enough. amsharma,
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Sree Guru please clarify (odd-figures of Kriyas in an Avarta like 3, 5, 7, 9 are also provided independent identity calling them Chapu-talas(some times using as main) but they did not take them in terms of 1 ½ or 2 ½ or 3 ½ or 4 ½) (have a chance in that catagary) Why.How many units we want for thisra aka thalam (for one thalavattam)if it is 9 meanswe want 2.25 akshara.Idont know wether it is correct (because the lack of basic )like USING but not dair to say it is ours (what agreat tradisanal theory) and why iam asking that your the only man (!00.)..and Iam the oniy man (0)in this padma viewham. so i have a chance to improve.Iam thinging what may be the opinion about half akshara thala. In kerala vadyams we are using half akshara and half of half akshara thala (if doubt can clari fy )
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Brother-member, priyamhn@yahoo.com dear, Till now I have been thinking that I am very poor in English-language and that the readers of my letters laugh at my letters aloud very happily and heartily and enjoy them in that way. But, I feel extrememly sorry, to write that I did the same when I have gone through some of the words of the letter of my dear brother, priyamohan. I always prefer to be jovial and also to make others jovial. Please don’t take it serious.
Had there been such a chance of including such fractional figures also in our tradition our fore-fathers would have happily done so long long ago. They are not fools to neglect them. This is mathematics and it needs the highest precision. That is why they did not dare to include them. If you talk about the usage of the Talas in Kerala containing akshara or half-akshara or quarter-akshara I cannot understand them in which way they are used unless you demonstrate and define them in my presence. For God’s sake please don’t drive me and insist upon going through your drypaint again to view any videos. amsharma.
Had there been such a chance of including such fractional figures also in our tradition our fore-fathers would have happily done so long long ago. They are not fools to neglect them. This is mathematics and it needs the highest precision. That is why they did not dare to include them. If you talk about the usage of the Talas in Kerala containing akshara or half-akshara or quarter-akshara I cannot understand them in which way they are used unless you demonstrate and define them in my presence. For God’s sake please don’t drive me and insist upon going through your drypaint again to view any videos. amsharma.
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VK,
Please read the thread on chapu thalams where Sharmaji has explained how it should be rendered.
Also, I don't know why we are hung up on this .5 counts. As per my understanding, the process of talaprastara does not preclude these fractions. The process of arriving at these permutations should hold good even for fractions. But the point is, there are no angas to represent them as per traditional CM.
Even if you take the trouble of finding an anga to represent 1/2, 1/4, 1/ 8,1/16 etc, where is the need? And then my final question is what is so special about 13.5 as opposed to 8.5 or 13.4 and why give a name for it? To me its just an arbitrary number unless someone can tell me it has got a special musical significance.
Please read the thread on chapu thalams where Sharmaji has explained how it should be rendered.
Also, I don't know why we are hung up on this .5 counts. As per my understanding, the process of talaprastara does not preclude these fractions. The process of arriving at these permutations should hold good even for fractions. But the point is, there are no angas to represent them as per traditional CM.
Even if you take the trouble of finding an anga to represent 1/2, 1/4, 1/ 8,1/16 etc, where is the need? And then my final question is what is so special about 13.5 as opposed to 8.5 or 13.4 and why give a name for it? To me its just an arbitrary number unless someone can tell me it has got a special musical significance.
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>just like a foolish person changing his name evey time he goes to another street of his village.
That is quite funny, msakellaji.
Thanks sbala for the reference to the chapu thread. That actually raises another question. We avoid the fraction there by using durita kala and hence the total counts are doubled, fractional counts avoided.
You wrote "But the point is, there are no angas to represent them as per traditional CM."..
In the case of chapu thala, it does not seem to map to any anga as per traditional CM. Is that true? Here the defintion of beat itself is tricky. e.g In Khanda Chapu, the first beat and second beat ( or first kriya and second kriya if that is more accurate ) have different durations. Some CM purist might counter and say it violates the bedrock of CM that all beats have to be the same duration.
Can priyamhn eliminate the fractional count by making his sub-beat count 27 ( by always rendering it in durita kala - along the same model as chapus or if it is already in durita kala, double the durita kala )
>To me its just an arbitrary number unless someone can tell me it has got a special musical significance.
I agree with that in principle. Anyone can put together an arbitrarily complex thala structure. Since some existing CM thalas have the same beat count but different internal structures, the job is even easier to come up with something that can be, by definition, considered new but still have the same beat count as existing thalas. But then we have not gotten to the full musical significance of the existing angas in traditional CM as per the discussion in the laya thread. As sarmaji seems to be indicating, there may not be much more than what we have already discussed. As long as that kind of a gap exists, anyone can run a big truck through it
That is quite funny, msakellaji.
Thanks sbala for the reference to the chapu thread. That actually raises another question. We avoid the fraction there by using durita kala and hence the total counts are doubled, fractional counts avoided.
You wrote "But the point is, there are no angas to represent them as per traditional CM."..
In the case of chapu thala, it does not seem to map to any anga as per traditional CM. Is that true? Here the defintion of beat itself is tricky. e.g In Khanda Chapu, the first beat and second beat ( or first kriya and second kriya if that is more accurate ) have different durations. Some CM purist might counter and say it violates the bedrock of CM that all beats have to be the same duration.
Can priyamhn eliminate the fractional count by making his sub-beat count 27 ( by always rendering it in durita kala - along the same model as chapus or if it is already in durita kala, double the durita kala )
>To me its just an arbitrary number unless someone can tell me it has got a special musical significance.
I agree with that in principle. Anyone can put together an arbitrarily complex thala structure. Since some existing CM thalas have the same beat count but different internal structures, the job is even easier to come up with something that can be, by definition, considered new but still have the same beat count as existing thalas. But then we have not gotten to the full musical significance of the existing angas in traditional CM as per the discussion in the laya thread. As sarmaji seems to be indicating, there may not be much more than what we have already discussed. As long as that kind of a gap exists, anyone can run a big truck through it