Table 1 Basic elements of Indian Carnatic music rhythms (tala)
From: iSargam: music notation representation for Indian Carnatic music
Element | Symbol | Duration in aksharakala units |
|---|---|---|
Anudrutam | ˘ | 1 |
Drutam | ° | 2 |
Laghu | |3, |4, |5,|6 |7, |9 | 3,4,5,6,7,9 respectively |
Guru | 8 | 8 |
Plutam | 8̍ | 12 |
Kakapadam | + | 16 |