Complex sentence: Much like any chenda melam, panchavadyam too is characterised by a pyramid-like rhythmic structure--with a constantly increasing tempo coupled with a proportional decrease in the number of beats in cycles.
Split into simpler sentences: Much like any chenda melam, panchavadyam is also characterised by a pyramid-like rhythmic structure. It has a constantly increasing tempo coupled with a proportional decrease in the number of beats in cycles.