Rupak Taal

Rupak tal is a common seven beat tal in Northern India.
Rupak (7/3). It contains seven matras: it is split into three parts, the first part is of the three matras, the next two matras each. The first matra and sam is khali, while the fourth and sixth matra get a tali (clap) each. This tal is like teevra tal is not khali as follows:
Matras 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Words (bol) DHIN DHA TRIK DHIN DHIN DHA TRIK
Theka +0 2 3
Some people do the rupak tal in the following way:
Matras 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Words (bol) TIN TIN NA DHIN NA DHIN NA
Theka +0 2 3
Rupak tal may be found in almost any musical style. It is found in film songs, kheyal, gazal, instrumental pieces; virtually any north Indian form. The only forms where it is absent are the dhrupad and dhammar styles of singing; it is only absent in these styles because tivra tal serves the same function.
Rupak is unique among the tals in that the first beat ( i.e., the sam) is khali (i.e., represented by a wave of the hand).
The theka of rupak is uncomfortably similar to pashtu tal. The only difference is that many musicians prefer to think of pashtu as consisting entirely of claps; while rupak tal begins with a wave of the hand.
The form of rupak is shown below:
CLAPPING/ WAVING ARRANGEMENT:wave, 2, 3, clap, 2, clap, 2
NUMBER OF BEATS : 7
THEKA : Tin Tin Naa Dhin Naa Dhin Naa
Roopak 7 Beats 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Basic Beat 	Toon 	Toon 	Na 	Dhin 	Na 	Dhin 	Na
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Vartiation 1 	DhaTiTe 	KiTeTeKe 	TiTeKiTe 	DhinNa 	--Na 	ToonNa 	--Na
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Variation 2 	ToonNa 	ToonNa 	TiTe 	DhinDhin 	DhaDha 	DhinDhin 	DhaDha
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Variation 3 	Toon 	Toon 	NaNa 	DhinDhin 	DhaDha 	DhinDhin 	DhaDha
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Variation 4 	Toon 	Toon 	TiTeKite 	DhinDhin 	DhaDha 	DhinDhin 	DhaDha
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Alla Rakha's Variation 	DhaTiTe 	KiTeTiKe 	TiTeKiTe 	DhinNa 	--Na 	ToonNa 	--Na
NaTiTe 	KiTeTiKe 	TiTeKiTe 	DhinNa 	--Na 	ToonNa 	--Na
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Tevera (7 beats) 	Dha 	Di* 	Na 	TiTe 	KaTi 	GeDi 	GeNa
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Dhamar (14 beats) 	Ke 	Dhi 	Te 	Dhi 	Te 	Dha 	--
Ke 	Ti 	Te 	Ti 	Te 	Na 	--
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Ammir Taal (7 beats) 	Toon-- 	Na 	TraKe 	Dhin 	Na 	KeTeDha 	TieTeKiTe
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Peshto Taal (7 beats) 	TiTeKiTe 	Dhin 	-- 	Dha 	Dha 	Toon 	--
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