Ektal / Ek Taal / Tabla Lesson

EkTal or Ek Taal is a 12 beat rhythmic cycle used in North Indian Classical music. I recently performed on a concert where I was required to play this taal. I was never taught Ektal by my tabla teacher so I cross referenced a couple of books for the Theka and found this video on YouTube from WorldMusicGuru helpful as well.

Ek Taal Theka

 ||: Dhin Dhin | DhaGe TiReKiTa | Tun Na | Kat Ta | DhaGe TiReKiTa | Dhin Na :||

Ektal Kaida

||: DhaGe NaDha | TiReKiTa DhaGe | Tin Na | 

DhaGe TiReKiTa | DhaGe NaGe | Tin Na |

TaKe NaTa | TiReKiTa TaKe | Tin Na | 

DhaGe TiReKiTa | DhaGe NaGe | Dhin Na :||

||: DhaGe TeTe | GheRe NaGe | Tin Na | 

DhaGe TeTe | DhaGe TeTe | Tin Na | 

TaKa TeTe | KeRe NaKe | Tin Na | 

DhaGe TeTe | GheRe NaGe | Dhin Na :||

||: DhaGe TeTe | GheRe NaGe | Tin Na |

TaKe TeTe | KeRe NaKe | Dhin Na :||

Sources and Resources!

• http://www.youtube.com/worldmusicguru
  This is the YouTube channel that the lesson came from.
• Basic Tabla Strokes and Bols by David Courtney
• EkTal by David Courtney
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ektal
• https://sites.google.com/site/tablafreak/ektaal
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tala_(music)
• Classical Music of North India by Ali Akbar Khan and George Ruckert
• Pete Lockett - Tabla Tutorials