Talk:Tala (music)

message: **Improvements necessary. There are some pretty egregious mistakes on this page.  For instance, sam may always exist as a first beat at the vibhag level, but it is not always relatively stressed--case in point Rupak, in which sam is khali or unstressed (and misrepresented in the table here).    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.132.173.131 (talk) 20:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. It is Ragam Thanam Pallavi. VasuVR (talk) 05:08, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 2004

message: There is a strong emphasis and a resulting dis-proportionate (excessive) coverage of the Carnatic rhythem structure. From the perspective of an american who extensively travels all over the states to listen to Indian classical music performances, the contemporary popular form of Indian music is definitely Hindustani and thus in my opinion the Hindustani style must be given consideration commensurate with its acceptance and worldwide popularity. Also from my study of Indian music I figure the word is Taal and not Tala. Similary Raag and not Raagam, Vibhaag and not Vibhaga. Are these suffixes an accepted style of hindi/sanskrit -> english transciption ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.245.35 (talk) 05:54, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, some of the stuff in the Carnatic section applies equally to Hindustani music as well, e.g. the jati system. Taal and Tāla are equivalent transliterations, because the "aa" is the same as "ā" and the "a" at the end is sometimes omitted. Since it looks like we have decided to go with the second option for some other articles (e.g. Rāga, Swara), it's a good idea to use "Tāla" for this article for the sake of consistency, but of course also mention alternative transliterations and make sure we have redirects for them. 140.177.205.221 (talk) 18:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overstress on Carnatic 

message: This is a very interesting article; I like math and music, so this area is quite intriguing to me.  Having said that, I'd like to suggest a few possible ways to improve the article.  I might do some of this, but I should be careful because I'm quite ignorant about Indian music.
*Add references.  This is the most important.  Ideally, all facts given in Wikipedia should be backed up with external sources.  Is there a good book or website that is authoritative on this topic?
*Improve presentation of combinatorial and numerical information.  For example, there is a big table that is simply preformatted in fixed-width type; it should be redone with a Wiki table.
*Adopt standard spelling of Indian words.  For example, either use double vowels or a length-mark, but don't oscillate between the two.
*Give language origin and translation for each technical word when the word is introduced.  I assume most of the words are either Sanskrit or Tamil; perhaps the devanagari or Tamil could be given as well when the word is introduced, for those who can read Indian languages.
*Use italics only for the first time a term is introduced.
*Don't use a hyphen when forming English plurals of Indian words.  I understand the temptation to separate the Indian terms from the English plural suffix, but it makes the text harder to read.  "Talams" and "aksharams" are OK; it's not necessary to write "talam-s" every time.
*Decide whether to use a "1" or a vertical bar to symbolize laghu, and use it consistently.
:Fixed. It should be a vertical bar. Arulguna (talk) 05:42, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Things to do 

message: the article had far more on the Carnatic tala system than Hindustani one. if anyone wants more info on the hindustani system, contact me at theantichrist81@hotmail.com - maybe i'll eventually get around to editing the article and adding all i know on the matter. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 122.162.167.67 (talk) 09:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  For more info... 

message: various Taal can be played at various speeds. The comment about Ektaal being the slowest is misleading. Usually, most of the vilambit khaylas in Kirana gharana are in Ektal while those in Jaipur gharana tend to be in Tintal/Trital. So even a Tintal can be slow. Many of the vilambit khayals are also in Zumra. Therefore, ektaal is not the only one which is played as slow tempo. 
--Kaveri 16:47, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taal and speed 

message: I just read this article, as a general reader first, and it took a long time. The reason is that I had to open several tabs and continually search the web or seek out other Wikipedia articles to decipher the foreign words. 
*Please do not contribute text in a foreign language to English Wikipedia. Your contributions are more than welcome at a Wikipedia in your language. Thank you. --- Otr500 (talk) 22:32, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terms and language