Rupak Tal – Benares Nauhakka 2 Overview

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This nauhakka uses the same phrase length as Rupak Nauhakka 1, but here all 9 repetitions are evenly spaced.

This is Rupak Tal – Nauhakka 2.
ghināteṭe dhā– – – – –ghinā  
0      
teṭedhā– – – – – ghināteṭe dhā– – –
1   2  
– –ghinā teṭedhā– – – – –  
0      
ghināteṭe dhā– – – – –ghinā teṭedhā–
1   2  
– – – – ghināteṭe dhā– – –  
0      
– –ghinā teṭedhā– – – – – ghināteṭe
1   2  
dhā      
0      

There are different ways to count this gap, depending on how long you feel that dha lasts. But players commonly count this gap as a quick “1 2”.

Listen to the spoken version below and notice how the gap is counted:
(audio coming)

So the same simple pattern is repeated for all 9 repetitions:

  • The first repetition begins on the matra.
  • The next repetition begins on the half-matra (up-beat) of the next matra.

This pattern repeats till the end.

You may substitute ghinatete dha with any 1-matra phrase + dha, such as:

  • kradhatete dha (4:1)
  • tetegina dha (4:1 in Dilli style)
  • tirakitadha-ti- dha (8:1)
  • kitatakatirakita dha (8:1)
  • dheradherakitataka dha (8:1)
  • dhagedhinnagina dha (6:1)

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