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are other set of talas called "Marga Talas". These talas, in addition to
the angams in the desi talas - laghu, drtham and anudrtham have other angams
called Guru, Plutham, Kakapadam. The 108 talas and other groups of talas
come under this group.
1 Guru - 1 beat and counting 7 fingers 1 Plutham - 1 beat, 1 krshyai & 1 sarpini 1 Kakapadam - 1 beat, 1 krshyai, 1 sarpini & 1 pathakam 1 krshyai - waving the hand towards left, it has 4 aksharams 1 sarpini - waving the hand towards right, it has 4 aksharams 1 pathakam - raising the hand vertically, has 4 aksharams These talas are complicated and are found in very few compositions. In fact, the music of Tamils in ancient times had complicated rythm patterns like Chandha talam. Rythm was given importance. The Thiruppugazh is a classic example of the variety and complex nature of tala pattern in Carnatic music.
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