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Sapt Suran Teen Gram
Film - Tansen
Year - 1942
Rag - Kalyan
Tal - Chautal
Music Director(s) - Khemchand Prakash
Singer(s) - K.L. Saigal
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Tempo – 115 bpm
Comments – Notice that there is no theka as we would think of it in tabla. It is just one continuous improvisation. This is a very old style, one which has fallen out of fashion.
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