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Lesson 13: Drut Lay
Thekas of Eight Matras
As
introduced in the previous lesson, there are three types of tempos. Of the
three tempos, we have studied the madhya lay in detail through the study of the
tala thekas and prakars. This lesson is dedicated to the study of drut lay.
Drut
lay is the fast tempo. One of the properties of the drut lay is that it looses
bols, or changed bols, in order to allow ease of playing. The key to being able
to play drut talas without faltering or getting excessively carried away with
the rhythm is to play these talas slowly, at first. Playing these talas slowly
will develop clarity in the bols. This way, when a tala is being played under
drut lay, then it can sound nice and crisp.
Many
talas that we have studied have drut lay forms, including the tisra jati talas.
However, we will only study the drut lay forms for kaherva tala in this lesson.
APPROACHING DRUT LAY TALAS
In
doing the previous madhya lay rhythms, the focus was primarily on getting the
rhythmic cycle correct. However, with drut lay cycles, it is important to not
only get timing and accuracy, but also to play in correct tempo. These talas
are not necessarily meant to be played in madhya lay. The best approach is to
learn how to play them in madhya lay
first, then speed it up slowly. That is the best approach to use for this and
the next lesson.
DRUT KAHERVA TALA 1
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This
is the fast version of the kaherva tala theka we discussed in lesson 8. This is
used most commonly in kirtans, at the first instance of a change in tempo.
Please note the bols used for drut kaherva tala and the bols that was used for
kaherva tala theka.
AUDIO CLIP: Lesson 13 Drut
Kaherva Tala 1 Practice
DRUT KAHERVA TALA 2
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Here
is another version of the Drut Kaherva tala 1. There are fewer bols to work
with, but it works just as fine.
AUDIO CLIP: Lesson 13 Drut
Kaherva Tala 2 Practice
DRUT KAHERVA CYCLIC SET
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This
is a style of drut kaherva that needs two cycles to work for its variation.
Therefore, it’s a cyclic set, or simply a set. This is used occasionally in the
middle of a fast portion of a kirtan.
AUDIO CLIP: Lesson 13 Drut Kaherva
Cyclic Set 1 Practice
Remember
that the key to succeeding with drut lay for practice is starting slow and then
build up to the point where you can play this at a faster speed, while making
each bol sound nice and crisp.