What is Ata tala?
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Vinod Kumar
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Hi Ritu, It is one of the thaalam categories in the carnatic music used in the alankarams
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Venkataramana Kalyanasundaram
Carnatic music vocalist & vocal music teacher
The Tala comprises of THE LAGU ( Beat followed by count of fingers ), THE DUTAM (Beat followed by turn or wave of the palm) and ANUDRUTAM ( just the Beat).....which ae in vogue as of today. The other angas of talam namely, THE GURU, THE PLUTHAM & THE KAKAPADAM have all become extinct and are not being...
read more The Tala comprises of THE LAGU ( Beat followed by count of fingers ), THE DUTAM (Beat followed by turn or wave of the palm) and ANUDRUTAM ( just the Beat).....which ae in vogue as of today. The other angas of talam namely, THE GURU, THE PLUTHAM & THE KAKAPADAM have all become extinct and are not being used now. Different Talas have different patterns in which the LAGU, DRUTAM & ANUDRUTAM are to be used. For Ata Talam the pattern is LAGU-LAGU-DRUTAM-DRUTAM. There is no Anudrutam concept in Ata Talam. The number of Aksharas for the Ata talam depends on the type of LAGU used. read less
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Ata thala is one of seven popular thalas known as sapta thalas.these thalas are set to alankaras.Atathala has 14 kriyas means beats like tha kee ta thaa ki ta thaa thaa
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Hi Ritu, It is one of the thaalam categories in the carnatic music used in the basic swaravali varisai
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Hi Ritu, It is one of the thaalam categories in the carnatic music used in the basic swaravali varisai
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