Tala Dasha Pranas Pt. 2 Flashcards
Jaati Pranas
Literally means variety
____ Jaati ____ Talam
3- Thisra
4- Chaturasra
5- Khanda
7- Misra
9- Sankeerna
Kala Pranas
How many times each beat is repeated
Ekakala
Dwikala
Trikala
Chatushkala
Dwikala is used for varanams
Laya Pranas
The time interval between two beats of a tala
3 Types of Laya Pranas
Vilamba (slow)
Madyama (medium)
Durita (Fast)
1:2:4
Yati Pranas
Rhythmic design based on geometric concepts
6 Yati Pranas
Sama
Srotovaha
Gopuccha
Damaru
Mridanga
Vishama
Sama Yati
The beats are in uniform length
takadimi takajanu
takadimi takajanu
takadimi takajanu
Srotovaha Yathi
word from stream
narrow to wide
taka
takita
takadimi
Gopuccha Yati
from Cow’s tail
broad to narrow
takadimi
takita
taka
Damaru Yati
Like a Damaruka, wide to narrow to wide
takadimi
takita
taka
takita
takadimi
Mirdanga Yathi
Like a mirdangam
narrow to wide to narrow
taka
takita
takadimi
takita
taka
Vishama
Doesn’t follow a pattern
Prastara Prana
not used now