Mallari - ragam and thalam

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laya2
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Mallari - ragam and thalam

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Hi,

Can somebody tell me what is the ragam and talam of this Mallari.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6Olsjxp-8

thanks.

Lakshman
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Re: Mallari - ragam and thalam

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Sounds to me like gambhIranATa.

mohan
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Re: Mallari - ragam and thalam

Post by mohan »

yes it is gamIbira nATai - the traditional raga for mallAri.

laya2
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Re: Mallari - ragam and thalam

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Hi,

Thanks very much. Could you tell me what talam is it.

thanks.

mohan
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Re: Mallari - ragam and thalam

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I think it is in Tisra Jathi Triputa tala

vasanthakokilam
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Re: Mallari - ragam and thalam

Post by vasanthakokilam »

Mohan, how do you figure? I could not locate much of a cycle, since there was not much of a repetition.

mohan
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Re: Mallari - ragam and thalam

Post by mohan »

VK from about 1:56 you can count 14 beats for the full cycle. This gets repeated three times. Before that the repetitions are in the lower kAlams.

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