Episode 80: Featured Composition — Shankari Shankuru — Part IV
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In this concluding episode of the sub-series on the composition "Shankari Samkuru" by Shyama Shastri we continue our discussion on how Shyama Shastri has masterfully employed the concept of dual tala. Using examples from various parts of the song, Vidya goes into greater detail and lays out how the tala construct and specific syllables in the lyric connect up in the two talas - Rupaka tala and Adi tala in tisra gati.
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