Jati exercise

A jati lesson by Manickam Yogeswaran

credits

recording by 
Manickam Yogeswaran
www.myogeswaran.com

drawing by Arun V.C.
www.arunvc.in

concept & video clip by Ludwig Pesch © 2015
www.aiume.org

Calculation

1+2+3+4 = “Ta+Taka+Takita+Takadimi” = 10 jati
Mridanga-Yati <>
1+2+3+4+3+2+1 = 16 jati
prefixed by 8x “Tom–“ (8×2) = 16 jati
2+(1+2)+(2+2)+(3+2)+(4+2)+(3+2)+(2+2)+(1+2) = 32 jati
ends on 1x “Tom–“ (1×2) = extra on samam (i.e. the first beat of the following tala cycle)

Visualization (rearranged)

Tom–

Ta Tom–

Taka Tom–

Takita Tom–

Takadimi Tom–

Takita Tom–

Taka Tom–

Ta Tom–

Tom–