What is the tempo structure and meter of Indian pop music?

Answer 1

Meter in Indian music

Meter, from a perspective of Indian music, is discussed in depth by Clayton. Rhythmic

organization in Indian Classical Music is described by the Tāl system.

Tal can be viewed as a

hierarchical structure organized on three temporal levels, the smallest time unit 'matra', the section

'vibhag' and the complete rhythmic cycle 'avart'. Matra may be interpreted as the beat in most cases.

Automatic metrical analysis from audio of Indian music is a relatively unexplored area despite the

well established Tal framework of rhythmic organization. There are multiple Tals containing a given

number of beats in a rhythmic cycle but which differ from each other in terms of sectional divisions

and distribution of stressed/unstressed beats.