Dec 022009
I’ll put you out of suspense. Here we go with the beats…
So we start of at 00:10 with a 32 Beat Tirkit including a thora which looks a little like this:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Dha | Take | TIR | KIT | Kin | Take | TIR | KIT |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Dha | Take | TIR | KIT | Kin | Take | TIR | KIT |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Dha | Take | TIR | KIT | Kin | Take | TIR | KIT |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Dha | Ge | Na | Dha | Ge | Na | Dha |
This ends at roughly 00:15 then we kick off the chaal which looks like this:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Dha | Na | Na | Na | Na | Dha | Dha | Na |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Dha | Na | Na | Na | Na | Dha | Dha | Na |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Dha | Na | Na | Na | Na | Dha | Dha | Na |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Dha | Na | Na | Na | Na | Dha | Dha | Na |
| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| Dha | Na | Na | Na | Na | Dha | Dha | Na |
| 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |
| Dha | Na | Na | Na | Na | Dha | Dha | Na |
| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 |
| Dha | Ge | Na | Dha | Ge | Na | Dha | * |
As you can see that the traditional 8 cycles of chaal has been reduced down to 6, and in the space of the last two bars we have a complete rest followed by the Thora: Dha Ge Na Dha Ge Na Dha.
Continually practice until you get the timing right and it should all piece together. Enjoy!
Not to say that I am the greatest dholi or anything, but the above bols “sound” wrong. The first to cycles read what I hear in the song, but the third cycle doesn’t “read” the song.
If you listen to the song, the first two cycles are the same but the third is a bit different. The third cycle doesn’t sound like it starts with a “dha”. What I am hearing is a “kin”.
not even sure if its a “kin” what I am hearing. the only reason I say that it is a “kin” is because all three cycles have the same hit represented on the 5th note/beat.
basically what I am trying to say is that the 3rd cycle should start with the same hit that is on the 5th note/beat that is common in all three.
wow…that soo hard for me to explain
also, just a heads up to all the newer dholis like me, don’t giveup if your beat doesn’t sound exactly like that in the song. You’ve got to remember that every dhol sounds different and the one(s) from Char Panj have been enhanced with all sorts of studio wizardry.
A good example of this is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmTFXzkD32s at 0:28-0:30
The beat played in the above link is the same exact beat as the one listed for Char Panj (well, just the 2 cycles).
soo keep at it people…bang ’till your neighbors’ ears hurt…or until they call the cops
Hey guys. What does the “take” represent?
Thanks
“Take” means…….. Na Ge
Basically what i think Harminz is tryna say is that..
It goes Dha Take TIR KIT Kin Take TIR KIT
for the first two parts of the start
but it sounds as if its KIN Take TIR KIT Kin Take TIR KIT
in the actual video.