Dhamar is one of the talas used in

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. It is associated with the

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style and typically played on the

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and also tabla. Dhamar taal has 14 beats (''matra''s) grouped asymmetrically into a 5-2-3-4 pattern. A song in

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teasing the milkmaids during the ''

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'' (''hori'') Spring Festival of colours. It is considered a relatively light, gentle, and romantic musical form. The ''theka'' or syllabic pattern of dhamar tala is:

1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   11   12   13  14
क    ध्धि   ट    धि   ट    धा    ऽ    ग    त्ति  ट    ति   ट    ता   ऽ
ka   ddhi Ta   dhi  Ta  dhaa  -    Ga   Ti   Ta   Ti   Ta   taa  -

In counting out the beat, beats 1, 6, and 11 are clapped (''tali''), and beat 8 is indicated by a wave of the hand (''khali''): Clap 2 3 4 5 , Clap 2 , Wave 2 3 , Clap 2 3 4 , ,

References

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