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Lesson 15: 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 15 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 15 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 15 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.
UPDATED: June 11, 2009