A pair of drums named Bayan (left, lower, metal, larger), and Dayan (right, higher, wood, smaller)
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A sitar is
plucked string instrument with 7 strings
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name the two tals used
Tintal and jhaptal
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The tintal tal is
is a 16 beat cycle (4+4+4+4).
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jhaptal tal is
a 10 beat cycle (2+3+2+3).
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three sections of the piece
alap, gat and jhalla
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alap
slow with no regular pulse, and is played by the sitar only.The melodic line introduces the notes and mood of the rag
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gat
Both the sitar and the tabla improvise.The sitar's improvisation is based on gat and tabla's on the Tal, tempo increases towards the end of this section
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jhalla
a fast tempo, and the sitar’s strings are strummed to create rhythmic excitement
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