Lesson 17

We repeated the Kaida we learnt in Lesson 12. Now that I know all the bols, Guruji made things a little more interesting. Like playing it in double speed, or one person playing the complete Kaida and the others just joining in for the last part of each line - sometimes the first player should play along, sometimes the first player should be quiet at that time.

It was quite interesting. There were three of us who seem to have got the beat. The double was always difficult but it was a lot of fun. The main part was to realize that this is a Kaida in Teental. So, after practicing a lot, we had to start with a simple Teental in regular speed, then the theme in regular speed, the Kaida in double speed and then we need to return to Teental in regular speed. It was quite challenging it, but you learn a lot about taals and rhythms here.

Here's the base Teental beat. Each bol is a beat.

Dha Dhin Dhin Dha
Dha Dhin Dhin Dha
Dha Tin Tin Taa
Taa Dhin Dhin Dha