talan.
/ˈtɑːlə/, U.S. /ˈtɑlə/ Indian Music.
Musical time or rhythm; one of a series of traditional metrical patterns.
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1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India iii. 36 The different degrees of time are termed Tâlas, of which there are seven, each being sub-divided into five ‘jâtis’, or kinds; so that there are in use no less than thirty-five distinct measures.
1921 H. A. Popley Music of India vi. 88 The Dhrupad is usually in slow time and in selected tālas such as Āditāla, Rūpaka tāla, Chantāla, and Dhīma tāla.
1927 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 3) II. 704/2 The principle of the time-units within the bar follows the varieties of prosodic feet. These are of one, two, three, or four syllables, and the times (tāl) are decided by the number of units (mātra) in each syllable (akshara) or beat (tāl).
1961 ‘Gramophone’ Long Playing Classical Record Catal. Sept. 212/2 Indian Music..Ragas and Talas. Indian Instrumentalists.
1967 R. Singha & R. Massey Indian Dances v. 65 While the musicians play the syllabic beats, the dancer executes patterns within the tal or time-measure (pronounced ‘taal’).
1977 Y. Menuhin Unfinished Journey xii. 258 The tala is the rhythm. Dozens exist.
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