For the neighbourhood of Bogotá see Tintal (neighbourhood)

Tintal (neighbourhood)

Tintal is a neighbourhood of Bogotá, Colombia....

Tintal (or teental, trital) is one of the most famous talas

Tala (music)

Tāla, Taal or Tal is the term used in Indian classical music for the rhythmic pattern of any composition and for the entire subject of rhythm, roughly corresponding to metre in Western music, though closer conceptual equivalents are to be found in other Asian classical systems such as the notion...

 of Hindustani music. It is also the most common tal in North India

North India

North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...

. The structure of tintal is so symmetrical that it presents a very simple rhythmic structure against which a performance can be laid.

Arrangement

Tintal has sixteen beats in four equal divisions (vibhag

Vibhag

In certain traditions of Indian music, any number of beats may form a vibhag. Usually the beats will be in two, three, or four. They should be designated either with a clap or a wave of the hand....

). The period between every two beats is equal. The first beat out of 16 beats is called "sam" and the ninth beat out of 16 beats is called "khali". Sam is the I st Division. Khali is the III rd Division. To exhibit the Teental, the audience claps on the first beat, then claps on the fifth beat then shows that ninth beat is waived (not clapped) and lastly again claps on 13th beat. which in tintal.
In fact Tintal derives from (Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, "tin") which means three and (Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, "tal")which means clap, so literally Tintal equals to "three claps".

Cyclical series of equally periodical beats consisted of recurring claps and waves:

clap, 2, 3, 4, clap, 2, 3, 4, wave, 2, 3, 4, clap, 2, 3, 4

or counted out as:

clap, 2, 3, 4, clap, 6, 7, 8, wave, 10, 11, 12, clap 14, 15, 16

Theka

It has a characteristic pattern of bols

Bol (music)

A bol is a mnemonic syllable. It is used in Indian music to define the tala, or rhythmic pattern, and is one of the most important parts of Indian rhythm. Bol is derived from the Hindi word bolna, which means "to speak."...

(theka).

The Theka for Tintal

dha	dhin	dhin	dha	>	dha	dhin	dhin	dha	>
x					2
dha	tin	tin	ta	>	ta	dhin	dhin	dha	>
o					3

Note the bols used for the first beat of each division: Dhaa, a bol involving both hands, is played at the beginning of the first, second and final divisions; for the khali section, Naa – a right hand bol – is used to indicate that the division is open. There are some pedagogical variations as to the actual syllables pronounced when reciting the bol, most of which occur in the final two vibhags.