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From: med@astrovax.UUCP (Mark Dickinson)
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Subject: Re: Tala, or metre, in Indian music
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Again, thank you for the informative discussion. Could you be persuaded
to discuss the third element, "bhava"?

Also, could you perhaps recommend any texts that might be available in this
country from which one might learn more about formal structure in Indian music.

Finally, a specific question about tala. What is meant when it is said that a
piece is based on a tala cycle of a non-integral number of beats, e.g. 4 1/2 ?
Would this be the same as a nine beat cycle with the basic rhythmic unit half
as long (i.e. 4.5/4 time versus 9/8 time)?

					Thanks again,

					Mark Dickinson