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| There are seven common taalams
employing a mixture of the movements just described. In standard notation, the Laghu is
indicated by a |, the Dhrutham by a 0 and the anudhrutham by a U. The
length of the Laghu is indicated by a subscript placed after the |. For
example, |4 indicates a Laghu of length 4, which comprises of a thattu followed
by a three count on the fingers for a total of four aksharams. The seven common
taalams and their components are as follows:
Eka j Roopaka 0 j Triputa j 0 0 Mattya j 0 j Jhampa j U 0 Dhruva j 0 Ata 0 0 |
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