All three are shown in the needlepoint in Tintal. The Tukra is also shown in Rupaktal. In the center, the backgrounds of the notes contain blue if the bol is played with both the left hand and right hand are. If only the right hand drum is played the backgrounds are entirely in reds. The background for the center portion of the composition has just been started.
Diagonal stripes fall from right to left, emphasizing the fall of light.
The stripes are based on the 16 beats of Tintal originating from the pattern at the top, and from the top and the 7 beats of Rupaktal originating from the pattern at the right. Though all are red in color, they are stitched in a great variety of pattern and shades of red to suggest the endlessly elaborate variations that may be played within the bols of the theka. The pattern bordering both sides of the center show three cycles of Rupaktal's seven beat theka, i.e. 21 beats. Khansahib, Ali Akbar Khan , often admonished his students to never practice the same way twice. Sa to Pa, do it differently each time.