Talas
A tala is a repeating rhythmic cycle. New to the idea? Read Counting time first. Here are all 40 talas on this site: the 35 talas of the Suladi Sapta scheme, and the chapu talas.
- Tala generator: pick a tala and a jati and watch the structure being built
- Beyond the 35: the 175 and 108 tala systems, and the other angas
The 35 suladi talas
Each cell links to the tala and shows its number of aksharas (beats). Rows are the seven families and columns are the five jatis (the length of the laghu).
| Family | Pattern | Tisra | Chatusra | Khanda | Misra | Sankeerna |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhruva | I O I4 I4 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 29 |
| Matya | I O I4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 |
| Rupaka | O I | 5 | 6 Rupakam | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Jhampa | I U O | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Triputa | I O O | 7 | 8 Adi | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Ata | I I4 O O | 10 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
| Eka | I | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
A bare family name means the family's default jati: Dhruva, Matya, Rupaka and Eka mean the chatusra form, Jhampa the misra form, Triputa the tisra form and Ata the khanda form. Chatusra Triputa has its own name, Adi.
Chapu talas
Chapu talas are counted in groups of units rather than with laghu, drutam and anudrutam.
- Tisra chapu (1+2, 3 units)
- Khanda chapu (2+3, 5 units)
- Misra chapu (3+4, 7 units)
- Viloma chapu (4+3, 7 units) · needs checking
- Sankeerna chapu (4+5, 9 units) · needs checking