Chartaal Ki Sawari Theka

Chartaal Ki Sawari Theka is an 11-beat cycle, that belongs to North Indian taal. It is used with Indian Classical Music, Kathak, Gurbani Keertan, etc. This taal is less used due to its complexity as odd number of beats and it is also hard to play compositions with this taal cycle. This taal looks very fine but nowadays it is hard to find this on stage. Only a few artists use this taal for their performances.

Matra / Beat - 11

Vibhag / Division - 5 (2/2/2/2/3)

Taali / Clap - 1, 3, 7, 9

Khali / Wave - 5

Chartaal Ki Sawari

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Compositions in Chartaal Ki Sawari

Composition Type - Tukda

  1. Dhagetit   TageTit   DhageTitkit  TiktaSTitkit   DhaStiS   DhaS,Tikit  TiktaSTitkit   DhaStiS   DhaS,Tikit  TiktaSTitkit   DhaStiS   Dhin
  2. DhaSSDha   tiDhagena   DhatiDhage   Dhinagina    DhatiDhage    Dhinagina    Dha S    S Dhati    DhageDhina   ginaDha    S S    DhatiDDhage    Dhinagina    Dhin

Composition Type - Tihai

  1. DhageDhina GinaDhage DhinaGina DhaS, DhageDhina GinaDhage DhinaGina DhaS, DhageDhina GinaDhage DhinaGina Dhin
  2. DhaSTitkitTak TitkitDhage DhinaGina DhaS, DhaSTitkitTak TitkitDhage DhinaGina DhaS, DhaSTitkitTak TitkitDhage DhinaGina Dhin

MCQ

1. How many Divisions are there in Char Taal Ki Sawari?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

2. How many beats make a cycle of Char Taal ki Sawari?
a) 9
b) 10
c) 11
d) 12

3. Chartaal ki Sawari belongs to which Taal system?
a) South Indian
b) North Indian
c) East Indian
d) West Indian

4. Choose the Correct Taali-Khali sequence.
a) 1, 3, 5, 8, 9
b) 1, 3, 5, 6, 9
c) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
d) 1, 3, 6, 8, 9

5. Which Matra/Beat is Khali in Chartaal ki Sawari?
a) 5
b) 3
c) 4
d) 8

[Answers: 1(d), 2(c), 3(b), 4(c), 5(a)]

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