Welcome geniuses of rhythm! The eight weeks of Tabla Month wrap up today.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 10:00am

*1. Raga Deen Todi
9:23
(In 10, divided 2 + 3 + 2 + 3.)

*2. Raga Bilaskhani Todi
12:17
(In 6, divided 3 + 3.)

*3. Raga Bhupal Todi
9:48
(In 4½. Ever wonder where the other one-half goes?)

4. Vallabha Nayaka et al.
55:42
(In four "movements", alternating between 7- and 8-beat time cycles. Each of the percussion instruments plays several solos before joining together for the finale.)

5. Visvesvara
15:10
(In 7, but maybe 6.)

Tracks 4-5
Karaikudi R. Mani's Sruthi Laya Carnatic Talavadya Ensemble: Karaikudi R. Mani - mrdangam [double-sided drum], C. N. Chandrashekar - violin, G. R. Harishankar - kanjira [tambourine], T. V. Vasan - ghatam [clay water jug], Srirangam S. Kannan - mursing [jaw harp]
Layapriya
Audiorec Classics, 766032 1028-2
(No tabla here; this is South Indian.)

Set #2 - 10:00am - 11:00am

6. Vineet Vyas: Bring on the Rain
7:37
(Based on the rainy season raga Malhar.)

7. Vineet Vyas: Benares Dawns on Me (Kayda)°
6:36
(Based on Raga Bhupali. I will save my "crazy" ideas about Bhupali for a later post.)

Tracks 6-7 (rec. 2005)
Vineet Vyas - tabla, Steve Oda - sarod, Ajay Prasanna - bansuri flute, Murad Ali - sarangi, George Koller - dilruba [sitar/sarangi hybrid], Denise Djokic - cello, °Ron Allen - piano
Vineet Vyas: TaalWorks
Vineet Vyas, VV01CD

*8. Raga Miyan ki Todi
45:25

*Tracks 1-3 & 8 (rec. 1994)
Kamalesh Maitra - tabla tarang, Trilok Gurtu - tabla, Laura Patchen - tanpura
Tabla Tarang: Melody on Drums
Smithsonian Folkways, CD SF 40436
(In 16. Last of a quartet of morning ragas played on the extraordinary tabla tarang, a set of 12-16 drums arranged in a semi-circle around the performer and tuned to the scale of the raga.)