Food Party Tala

Tala is the term used in the Indian classical music system for the rhythmic pattern of a composition. This recitation is in a sixteen-beat-long pattern called teental, and includes several shifts in speed, and two tihais.

This was my final project for my CalArts Tala class, spring 2014. The class was co-taught by Randy Gloss and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, and I am indescribably grateful to have been introduced to talas by such world-class instructors.

I was fortunate this recitation was not a public performance. I misread a few of the words in the final tihai, causing it to be a couple beats short. But I really enjoyed composing the piece, and hope you enjoy this clip, imperfect as it is. Many thanks to Josh Linksy for catching it on video.

Видео Food Party Tala канала Cameron Tummel