About the Tintal Theka

The tintal theka is performed in a wide range of tempos (lay) and musical styles. At slow tempos (vilambit lay), there are many embellishments made to the theka. At medium tempos (madhyalay), there are also embillishments, but usually less. And at fast tempos (drut lay), the theka is usually played with the least embellishments, as in the demonstration below.

Standard Tintal Theka

Spoken Tintal Theka with Timekeeping

Tintal Theka Demonstrations

Tintal Theka Demonstrations in Vilambit Lay (slow tempo)

Spoken 2 times:

Played 2 times:

Tintal Theka Demonstrations in Madhya Lay (medium tempo)

Spoken 2 Times:

Played 4 Times:

Tintal Theka Demonstration in Drut Lay (fast tempo)

This demonstrations below start in drut for two avartans (cycles) of tintal, and then go into double time (fast drut).