Lesson 13

Need a metronome. That was the main thing for the day. I *think* I get the rhythm, but it's difficult to keep the hands at the same rhythm while saying the bols. Of course, this is just a lame excuse, and I need to be able to do this. But Guruji suggested getting a metronome and practicing the bols at home. We still couldn't go back from double to single for any of the compositions. There's still a lot of work to be done there.

On the nomenclature aspect, we were playing something that has the potential to turn into a Rela. A rela is a composition that's supposed to be played at a very high speed. The speed should be such that the different phrases should seem like one bol. It sounds nice when played properly.

After struggling a bit with the Ge Na Dha Dha, Guruji decided to move on to a new bol. The main phrase was

TaKiTa

The first Ta is with the Index finger and the second with all the three fingers. The Ki is of course, palm on the Dagga.

Another was DhinNe, but that should be easy to understand. I asked Guruji whether it's OK to play Dhin on the left side of the syahi ... but no pain, no gain. It must be the big Tin.

This is a three bol phrase, so at first I was confused with where the beat should go, but I got it later on. Started practicing with

TaKiTa TaKiTa DhinNe

Play this for a while so your fingers get used to it. Then, we can add the new modifications.

TaKiTa Ta|KiTa DhinNe
DhinNe NaaGe |NaaGe DhinNe

The above is always the second line. Then, you can play any of the ones below with the above to end the composition.

TaKiTa Ta|KiTa TaKi
Ta TaKiTa |DhinNe DhinNe

This one turned out to be bit complicated because of the 4 TaKiTa bols. See the third one split in two lines ? Count the number of bols and that makes the beat easier to understand

The final one was just DhinNe. But, don't count them. You need to feel the rhythm

TaKiTa Ta|KiTa DhinNe
DhinNe DhinNe |DhinNe DhinNe