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    Basant Taal practice

    Choose tabla, spoken bols, or both. Set the pace and press play.

    Taal: Basant9 matras

    Interactive Basant player

    Tap or click a matra to change its bol.

    Vibhag 1
    Vibhag 1X · Sam · Clap
    Vibhag 2
    Vibhag 20 · Khali · Wave
    Vibhag 3
    Vibhag 32 · Tali · Clap
    Vibhag 4
    Vibhag 43 · Tali · Clap

    Basant structure

    Basant (also written Basant Taal) has 9 matras grouped into vibhags of 2, 2, 2, 3. A nine-matra taal in 2+2+2+3, with a wave on matra 3. A theka is the bol pattern played over the cycle.

    Bol patterns vary by teacher and tradition. Follow your teacher’s version for class.

    Sam, tali, and khali

    Sam · matra 1
    The first matra and the cycle’s return point. Mark it with a clap.
    Khali · matra 3
    Wave at the start of the vibhag; keep counting every matra.
    Tali · matras 5 and 7
    Clap on the first matra of each of these vibhags.

    Basant theka

    Priyanka’s recorded theka, with each bol placed on a matra:

    1. Matras 1–2Dha · Dhin
    2. Matras 3–4Ta · Dhet
    3. Matras 5–6Ta · Titi
    4. Matras 7–9Kata · Gadi · Gana

    Titi, Kata, Gadi and Gana each stay within one matra.

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    Tabla audio: Subodh Deolekar, Tabla strokes dataset (2020), used under CC BY 4.0.

    Hindi voice: Priyanka Bhadgaonkar. Some additional bols use an AI voice.

    Priyanka’s recordings are for personal practice, not reuse or redistribution. Recording terms. WAV downloads contain tabla and cues only.

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