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Hi Guys,
Here are a few of the Rhythms that I like to count and/or practice when alternate picking:
These are based around Indian Konokol: But: I am using them to INTERNALISE patterns. This could be Ta ka di mi but felt/internalised as du du du du–
WHY is this?
It’s because I am in “Standard” tuning and the syllables of the counting help to “Connect” quick rhythmic patterns together to create “Musical phrasing” for composition and improvisation.
These, I find help me enormously with the right hand picking, as I can connect phrases together from the internalised beats/syllables.
These are NOT cast in stone and are only a few ideas that I use personally, and are not aiming at strict Indian classical music technique, but, are employed as reference points/patterns/beats in the way that they are enunciated.
4 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi [1 2 3 4]
2] Ta ki ta Ta [more as 123 1]
5 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi thom [1 2 3 4 5]
2] Ta ka di mi Ta [1 2 3 4+1]
3] Ta ki ta Ta ka [1 2 3 1 2]
7 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi Ta ki ta [4+3]
2] Ta ka di mi thom Ta ka [5+3]
8 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi [4+4]
9 note grouping:
1] Ta ki ta Ta ki ta Ta ki ta [3×3]
2] Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi Ta [4+4+1]
11 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi Ta ki ta [4+4+3]
13 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi Ta [4+4+4+1]
16 note grouping:
1] Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi Ta ka di mi [4×4]
IN CONCLUSION:
These are only ideas that I personally find useful, and, as I say they are not for strict Indian classical music. But, they do function well as reference points and a way of enunciating beats for the picking hand to pluck at a fast [alternate picking] tempo.
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