- These sequences help improve the quality of bayan bols.
- Choose a comfortable even tempo (40-60 bpm suggested) and practice each sequence in double tempo.
- Play each sequence 20-30 times or as many times as your time, energy (and patience) will allow.
- The words in the phrases are indicated by grouping bols together in a single color.
- When shown with a subscript, e.g. Ge1, the bayan bol is played with a single (index) finger. All other times the bayan bols are played with two fingers (middle and ring together).
- Similarily Dha1 = Ge1 + Ta. Dhin1 = Ge1 + Tin.
- In the table below, each vertical bar indicates one matra or beat.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8-beat sequence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I | Dha | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Na | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16-beat sequence. Here Ke1 is played with one finger (index). It can also be played as a muted Ge1 with single finger (index). This will facilitate playing at higher speeds. Practice with both the single-fingered Delhi style Ti as well as the three-fingered Purab style Ti for TiTe. |
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| II | Ge1 | Ge | Ti | Te | Ge1 | Ge | Na | Na | Ke1 | Ke | Ti | Te | Ge1 | Ge | Na | Na | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| 4-beat sequences. In sequences IV and V, the two fingered and single fingered Ge s should strictly alternate as shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| III | Dha | -- | -- | -- | Dhin | -- | -- | -- | Dhin | -- | -- | -- | Dha | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| IV | Dha | -- | Ge1 | -- | Dhin | -- | Ge1 | -- | Dhin | -- | Ge1 | -- | Dha | -- | Ge1 | -- | ||||||||||||||||
| V | Dha | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Dhin | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Dhin | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Dha | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 4-beat sequence. The two fingered and single fingered Ge s strictly alternate as shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VI | Dha | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Dhin | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Dhin | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Dha | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 | Ge | Ge1 |
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