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Jhoomra

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Jhoomra is a tala of Hindustani music. Jhoomra tala has 14 beats. Tilwada is often used in Kheyal.

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Arrangement

Jhoomra tala can be counted like this:

  • clap, 2, 3, clap, 2, 3, 4, wave, 2, 3, clap, 2, 3, 4

    • Or can be counted like this:

  • clap, 2, 3, clap, 5, 6, 7 wave, 9, 10, clap, 12, 13, 14

    • Theka

    This is arrangement of Jhoomra:

    Dhin | Dha | TiRiKaTa
    Dhin | Dhin | Dha Ge TiRiKaTa
    Tin | Ta | TiRiKaTa
    Dhin | Dhin | Dha Ge | TiRiKaTa

    Theka of Jhoomra can be arranged like this:

    References

    Jhoomra Wikipedia
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