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Rajgopal Kallurkar has composed an unusual 11-beat tala that can be played both solo and with khayal singing
"I had composed this tala in 1992, but hadn't presented it on stage," says Rajagopal Kallurkar.
Rajgopal's tabla school, established in Dharwad, moved to Bangalore five years ago. It now
functions from his house in Kathriguppe (phone: 669 3613). At its recent anniversary, he got music
composer and singer C Ashwath to honour Dr Rachaiah Hiremath, senior tabla player from
Dharwad. Rajgopal learnt the tabla from Ustad Sheikh Dawood Khan of Hyderabad, and his
disciple Pandit Girish Avate. He now teaches, records and performs regularly in Bangalore.
For the aficionado: Tala Virajaka is split into four units of 2, 3, 3 and 3. This is how it goes:
dhin na | dhin dhin na | theekda thinna thirakita | dhage nadha thirakita || The first
movement resembles jhap tala. The khali is on the sixth beat, after which it shows shades of rupak
and dadra.
Vasantha Iyer
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His students Adarsh Shenoy and Deepak got a chance to present Virajaka, an unusual 11-beat tala, at the 15th anniversary of
Kallur Mahalakshmi Tabla Vidyalaya. They played it for 20 minutes to the appreciation of senior
musicians. "It can be used both for accompaniment and solo elaboration," Rajgopal explains. His
vocalist friends have promised to compose khayals to match the tala.