Dhamar (music)
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Dhamar is one of the
pakhawaj
and also tabla.
Dhamar taal has 14 beats (matras) grouped asymmetrically into a 5-2-3-4 pattern.
A song in dhrupad style set to dhamar tala is also called a dhamar. The text of a dhamar concerns the antics of Krishna teasing the milkmaids during the Holi (hori) Spring Festival of colours. It is considered a relatively light, gentle, and romantic musical form.
The theka or syllabic pattern of dhamar tala is:[1]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 क ध्धि ट धि ट धा ऽ ग त्ति ट ति ट ता ऽ ka ddhi Ta dhi Ta dhaa - Ga Ti Ta Ti Ta taa -
In counting out the beat, beats 1, 6, and 11 are clapped (tali), and beat 8 is indicated by a wave of the hand (khali):
(1) Clap 2 3 4 5 |(1) Clap 2 |(1) Wave 2 3 |(1) Clap 2 3 4 ||
References
- ^ Shrivastava, Harish. Raag Parichay 2. Sangeet Sadan Prakashan.