Dadra

Posted By: Pooja On 16th Aug, 2012 1:45 PM

Category: Definition
Genre: Hindustani Classical Music
 
Publisher: Aneesh Pradhan
Source: Aneesh Pradhan
Author: Aneesh Pradhan

A six matra taal used in folk and semi-classical genres and played on tabla or other membranophic instruments used primarily in folk music such as dholak. This name is also shared by a semi-classical vocal genre, which often employs the same taal. The structure and theka of the taal are as follows:

    

 

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            1       2       3   |    4      5      6  

           Dha    dhi   na     dha    ti    na





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