{"id":53617,"date":"2025-07-06T15:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53617"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:08:33","slug":"chautal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chautal\/","title":{"rendered":"Chautal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chautal Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India\u2019s welcoming ceremony in Trinidad and Tobago included a performance of the traditional Bhojpuri Chautal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chautal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chautaal, also called Chartaal or Chowtaal, is a rhythmic <\/span><b>framework composed of 12 beats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is traditionally used to <\/span><b>accompany Dhrupad and Dhamar styles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of singing and instrumental performances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a rhythmic cycle used in <\/span><b>North Indian classical music<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly in Hindustani classical music.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name \u201cChautal\u201d means \u201c<\/span><b>four claps,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> referring to its <\/span><b>vibhag or division structure.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One school of thought contends that it consists of four vibhags of 4, 4, 2, and 2 matras respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is another school which suggests that the structure of Chautal is the same as Ektal.\u00a0 Therefore, it would be viewed as six vibhags of two matras each.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is strongly linked to the <\/span><b>pakhawaj tradition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; this has profound practical and theoretical implications.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>performed in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>very heavy, powerful manner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is in sharp contrast to the more delicate style of the tabla.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/trending\/news\/when-narendra-modi-woke-up-at-5-am-to-make-tea-for-everyone-a-heartwarming-trinidad-tale-of-25-years-ago-2025-07-04-997488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ITV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chautaal is a 12-beat cycle in Hindustani music, used in Dhrupad and Dhamar, and strongly linked to the pakhawaj tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1361,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-53617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-chautal","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}