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TAALAM
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addition to the taalams just described, there are three more common
taalams - Aadi, Khanda
Chaapu and Misra Chaapu. Aadi taalam is just the name given to the
most common taalam - Chaturasra Triputa or |4 0 0. Khanda
Chaapu is a five beat taalam also called arai Jhampa (or
half Jhampa) and is usually indicated 0 U 0, though there is
really no fixed way of indicating it. One can also see a thattu of two aksharams followed by
two veechus of one and two aksharam durations. Khanda Chaapu is often used as a version
of Misra Jhampa. Misra Chaapu is similar to Tisra Triputa and is
sometimes used as an alternative. The usual indication consists of a
thattu of three aksharams followed by two veechus or two thattus of
two aksharams each, for a total of seven aksharams (and hence the
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