Alankarams 2

Continuation of Alankarams from the previous post. These three are in Chaturasra Jathi. See post on talams for a more detailed explanation on how to find the number of beats per cycle.

Guidelines:

• For now, practice these exercises in Mayamalavagowla
• Practice with slides and plain picking
• Always practice with a metronome
• All exercises should be first practised at 1st speed (tempo 60-70 bpm), followed by 2nd speed and 3rd speed. Third speed is hard, skip it for now and come back later if you cannot play at that speed cleanly.
• Practice the exercises in all three octaves

Exercise 3: Chaturasra Jathi Dhruva Thalam

Dhruva Talam = L D L L

Chaturasra Jathi = laghu is 4 beats

Dhrutam is 2 beats

Total number of beats in a cycle = 4 + 2 + 4 + 4 = 14

S R G M | G R | S R G R | S R G M ||

R G M P | M G | R G M G | R G M P ||

G M P D | P M | G M P M | G M P D ||

M P D N | D P | M P D P | M P D N ||

P D N S' | N D | P D N D | P D N S' ||

S' N D P | D N | S' N D N | S N D P ||

N D P M | P D | N D P D | N D P M ||

D P M G | M P | D P M P | D P M G ||

P M G R | G M | P M G M | P M G R ||

M G R S | R G | M G R G | M G R S ||

Exercise 4: Chaturasra Jathi Matya Thalam

Dhruva Talam = L D L 

Chaturasra Jathi = laghu is 4 beats

Dhrutam is 2 beats

Total number of beats in a cycle = 4 + 2 + 4 = 10

S R G R | S R | S R G M ||

R G M G | R G | R G M P ||

G M P M | G M | G M P D ||

M P D P | M P | M P D N ||

P D N D | P D | P D N S' ||

S' N D N | S' N | S' N D P ||

N D P D | N D | N D P M ||

D P M P | D P | D P M G ||

P M G M | P M | P M G R ||

M G R G | M G | M G R S ||

Exercise 5: Chaturasra Jathi Rupaka Thalam

Dhruva Talam = D L 

Chaturasra Jathi = laghu is 4 beats

Dhrutam is 2 beats

Total number of beats in a cycle = 2 + 4 = 6

S R | S R G M ||

R G | R G M P ||

G M | G M P D ||

M P | M P D N ||

P D | P D N S' ||

S' N | S N D P ||

N D | N D P M ||

D P | D P M G ||

P M | P M G R |

M G | M G R S ||