Adi tala

Carnatic music
Tanjavur-style tambura
Concepts
  • Śruti
  • Svara
  • Rāga
  • Tāḷa
  • Mēḷakarta
  • Asaṃpūrṇa Mēḷakarta
Compositions
  • Gītaṃ
  • Svarajati
  • Varṇaṃ
  • Kr̥ti
  • Kīrtana
  • Rāgaṃ Tānaṃ Pallavi
  • Tillana
Instruments
Melody
Sarasvati Vīṇā
Veṇu
Nādasvaraṃ
Goṭṭuvādyaṃ (Citra Vīṇā)
Violin
Percussion
Mr̥daṅgaṃ
Ghaṭaṃ
Morsing
Kanjira
Thavil
Drone
Tambura
Shruti box
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Adi tala (Sanskrit: ādi tālà आदि ताळ, Kannada: ಆದಿ ತಾಳ, literally "primary rhythm" also spelled aadi taalam or adi talam) is the name of one of the most popular tala or rhythms used in Carnatic Music. Its full technical name according to the Carnatic Music's tala system is Chaturashra-naDe Chaturashra-jaati triputa taLa.

Structure

This tala has eight aksharas, each being 4 svaras long. Many kritis and around half of the varnams are set to this tala.