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Ada Chautaal - Ada Chartal

Ada Chautaal - Ada Chartal is played on Tabla. It is used to accompany Khayal, String instruments & Solo performance as well. The performance tempo is Madhya laya or Medium Tempo for this Taal. Compositions like Peshkar, kayda, Rela, Tukda, Paran, etc. are played in this Taal cycle.

Matra / Beats – 14

Jati - Chatursat

Vibhag / Divisions – 7 (2/2/2/2/2/2/2)

Taali / Clap – 1, 3, 7, 11

Khali – 5, 9, 13

Theka

Ada Chautaal Theka Layakari

Ekgun

Dhin	Titkit	Dhin	Na	Tu	Na	Ka
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
X		2		O		3
Ta	Titkit	Dhin	Na	Dhin	Dhin	Na
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	O		4		O

Dugun

DhinTitkit	DhinNa	TuNa	KaTa	TitkitDhin	NaDhin	DhinNa
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
X		2		O		3
DhinTitkit	DhinNa	TuNa	KaTa	TitkitDhin	NaDhin	DhinNa
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	O		4		O

Tigun

DhinTitkitDhin	NaTuNa	KaTaTitkit	DhinNaDhin	DhinNaDhin
1	2	3	4	5
X		2		O
TitkitDhinNa	TuNaKa	TaTitkitDhin	NaDhinDhin	NaDhinTitkit
6	7	8	9	10
	3		O
DhinNaTu	NaKaTa	TitkitDhinNa	DhinDhinNa
11	12	13	14
4		O

Chaugun

DhinTitkitDhinNa	TuNaKaTa	TitkitDhinNaDhin	DhinNaDhinTitkit	DhinNaTuNa
1	2	3	4	5
X		2		O
KaTaTitkitDhin	NaDhinDhinNa	DhinTitkitDhinNa	TuNaKaTa	TitkitDhinNaDhin
6	7	8	9	10
	3		O
DhinNaDhinTitkit	DhinNaTuNa	KaTaTitkitDhin	NaDhinDhinNa
11	12	13	14
4		O

Ada Chartaal Kayda 1

Dhina	SDha	Titkit	Dhina	Gina	Titkit	Dhina
SDha	Titkit	Dhina	Gina	Dhage	Tina	Kina
Tina	STa	Titkit	Tina	Kina	Titkit	Dhina
SDha	Titkit	Dhina	Gina	Dhage	Dhina	Gina

Ada Chartaal Kayda 2

Dhati	Dhage	Nadha	Titkit	Dhina	Gina	Dhati
SDha	tiDha	Ghena	Dhati	Dhage	Tina	Kina
Tati	Take	NaTa	Titkit	Tina	Kina	Dhati
SDha	tiDha	Ghena	Dhati	Dhage	Tina	Kina

Click Here for a Comparative study of
Ada Chautal with Farodust Taal

MCQ

1. How many Divisions are there in Ada Chautaal?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 8

2. How many beats make a cycle of Ada Chautaal?
a) 9
b) 10
c) 12
d) 14

3. Ada Chautaal belongs to which Jati?
a) Chatursat
b) Trisat
c) Mishra
d) Sampoorna

4. Choose the Correct Taali sequence?
a) 1, 5, 9,11
b) 1, 4, 7,13
c) 1, 3, 7,13
d) 1, 3, 7,11

5. Which Matra/Beat is Khali in Ada Chautaal?
a) 3, 7, 13
b) 5, 7, 13
c) 3, 5, 9, 13
d) 5, 9, 13

[Answers: 1(c), 2(d), 3(a), 4(d), 5(d)]