Types of compositions

Before reading this post, I hope you have gone through Tali and Khali post. Here we will discuss different types of compositions which are played.

Tihai : When a series of bols or notes are played thrice from a certain positions of taal and the last "Dha" falls at sam, then all the notes together are called tihai. In hindi, tehai means one third. For example, below is a tintaal's tehai from khali position.

DhaDha terekete Dha DhaDha | Terekete Dha DhaDha Terekete
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Consider the notes "DhaDha Terekete Dha". These are played thrice. The Dha of the last(third) iteration falls on the sam.

Damdar tihai : The tihais wherein after the Dha we can pause for a half, one or two matras, that tihai is called damdar tihai. This pause is denoted by "S" sign or "-". Dam means pause in hindi. For example, here is a tintal's damdar tihai from sam position.

DhaTere KeteTako Ti Kran | Dha S DhaTere KeteTako |
X                                            2
Ti Kran Dha S | DhaTere KeteTako Ti Kran |
0                        3

Bedam tihai : The tihai wherein after Dha there is no pause, that tihai is called bedam tihai. For example, a tihai from the last taali position.

TereketeDhaTeet DhaTerekete DhateetDha TereketeDhateet |
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