Jhaptal

Jhaptal is one of the most famous talas of Hindustani music, after Teental. It presents quite a different rhythmical structure from teental, unlike which, it is not symmetrical.

Arrangement

Jhaptal is a 10-beat pattern used in raga exposition. It has ten beats in four divisions (vibhag), of 2-3-2-3, the third of which is the khali, or open division. To follow the tal the audience claps on the appropriate beat, which in jhaptal is beats 1, 3 and 8 (the first beat in each full division). A wave of the hand indicates beat 6, the first beat of the khali section.

Series of Claps and Waves: clap, 2, clap, 2, 3, wave, 2, clap, 2, 3

Theka

It has a characteristic pattern of bols (theka).

The Theka for Jhaptal
Dhi	Na	\|	Dhi	Dhi	Na	\|
^x			²
Ti	Na	\|	Dhi	Dhi	Na	\|\|
^o			³

Note the bols used for the first beat of each division: Dhi, is played at the beginning of the first, second and final divisions; for the khali section, Na - a right hand bol - is used to indicate that the division is open.

External links

Site for hearing Jhaptal being played

Hindustani classical music

Concepts	Swara That Shruti Raga Sargam Tala Laya Bandish Gharana Swaralipi

Instruments	Sitar Sarod Veena Bansuri Santoor Shehnai Sarangi Tanpura Harmonium Tabla Pakhavaj

Genres	Dhrupad Dhamar Khyal Tarana Sadra

Semi-classical genres	Thumri Dadra Tappa Kajari Chaiti Sawani Hori Bhajan Abhang Natyageet Qawwali Ghazal

Thats	Bilaval Khamaj Kafi Asavari Bhairav Bhairavi Todi Purvi Marwa Kalyan

Related topics	List of Hindustani classical music festivals

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