The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.113

c6.113

To judge by the very complicated nature of many of these tâlas, and the fact that they vary widely in almost all the authorities, it seems hardly likely that they were ever in very common use; but they are, nevertheless, interesting as showing the great variety of rhythm that can be produced by such simple means as beating the two hands together—the earliest kind of rhythmical accompaniment; and some slight idea of the peculiarities of modern Indian drum playing can also be gleaned from this table:—