Lesson 5

This was an interesting lesson. With the new bols I could actually understand a beat that I'm playing. However, the problem was that I was lifting my 4th finger during a Taa which wasn't right. Have to practice that a lot.

New Bols Introduced :

TiRaKiTa

Ti - Tabla - Three fingers
Re - Tabla - Index finger on syahi (TiRa is like TeTe)
Ki - Dagga - Flat Palm
Ta - Tabla - Three fingers

TaKa

Ta - Tabla - Index Finger
Ka - Dagga - Flat Palm

Phrases :

TiReKiTa TaKa

Compositions :

Dha TiReKiTa TaKa
Dhin TiReKiTa TaKa
Taa TiReKiTa TaKa
Tin TiReKiTa TaKa

(Four lines below played alternately in any order)
Dha TiReKiTa TaKa
Dha TiReKiTa Dha
Dha Dha TiReKiTa
TiReKiTa Dha Dha

(Four lines below played alternately in any order)
Taa TiReKiTa TaKa
Taa TiReKiTa Taa
Taa Taa TiReKiTa
TiReKiTa Taa Taa

TaKa TiReKiTa TaKa TiReKiTa Dha Dha
TaKa TiReKiTa TaKa TiReKiTa Taa Taa