Hindustani classical vocal lessons for beginners -- Podcast 4

This is the fourth podcast in this series. This podcast will introduce the concept of Taal and Laya. Taal is important for anybody wanting to learn music. A tala is a regular, repeating rhythmic phrase, particularly as rendered on a percussive instrument with an ebb and flow of various intonations represented as a theka, a sequence of drum-syllables or bol. Lay is the tempo, or speed of a piece. The Hindi term for tempo is “lay“ and is derived from the Sanskrit term “laya“. Send in your suggestions, comme