Farodast Laharas
Farodast is a very rare tal tal found in the older dhrupad styles of music.
Malkauns
Rupaktal Laharas
Rupak or Rupaktal is a very common seven beat tal. It is found in light, semiclassical, and classical forms of music. (Description of Rupaktal)
Bhairav
Bilawal
Chandrakauns
Chandrakauns
Deshkar
Yaman Kalyan
Other Sites of Interest
Hindustani Classical Music and Education: ‘Tradition’, Values, and Identity in post-1991 India
The Sikh Gurmat sangīt revival in post-partition India
The Intermediate Sphere in North Indian Music Culture: Between and Beyond ‘Folk’ and ‘Classical’
Tracking the Harmonium from Christian Missionary Hymns to Sikh Kirtan
The Renaissance of Sikh Devotional Music Memory, Identity, Orthopraxy
Songs to the Jinas and of the Gurus: historical comparisons between Jain and Sikh devotional music
The introduction and use of the harmonium in North Indian classical music
The Evolution of Modern Thumri
The lyrics of Thumri: Hindi poetry in a musical genre.