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My journal of occasional ideas for original tabla compositions and interesting bols

Tintal Kaida — Couldn't sleep last night, so this happened:...

Couldn’t sleep last night, so this happened:

Theme

genatrekre dhetete genatrekre dhatrekre dhete
gena dhatrekre dhetete gena dhage thinakena

Word boundaries indicate phrasing.

Fun fact:

trekre happens four times, each time starting at a different position within the beat. The first time on the 3rd sixteenth note, then the 2nd, then 1st, then 4th. So try accenting trekre to feel it moving around.