What is a tala?

Answer 1

The name Tali mean morning dew. The "Tali" or Tally or Toltec portion of Cherokee Indians, found still in Cherokee Nation links to the south, Mexico, Mextec or Mextex, Texicans, Maya like groups with very ancient links to Cherokee Nation. Words like Taliquaw or Tellico are linked to those origins. Prior to Iroquios links, Cherokee Indians were strongly linked to Tali groups to the South and Islands. www.redbirdband.com - Martin -

Answer 2

in the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, a metric cycle with a specific number of beats-from 3 to128-that recur in the same pattern throughout a musical performance. Tala might generally be equatedwith rhythm or metre, although the tala procedure has no precise counterpart in Western music. Theconcept of tala is found in rather different forms in northern (Hindustani) and southern (Carnatic) Indian music. In the north, beats appear in groups of two, three, or four and include strong as well as "empty"beats. The character of the beats and their subdivisions is represented by rhythmic syllables that arerecited for practice and sometimes in performance; these syllables correspond to various types ofstrokes with the finger on the appropriate drum. Southern Indian talas consist of units of one(anudrutam), two (drutam), and three to seven (laghu) beats

Answer 3

a tala is a rythm in native american indian music