# Madal — Exercises (applied practice)

Drills clean your strokes. These exercises put them to work. Use a metronome;
play slowly first. Full theka build-ups live in [`beats.md`](beats.md) /
[`beats.html`](beats.html).

## 10-minute warm-up (daily)

1. **2 min** — Level 0 singles (Taang / Taak / Ghin / Kha / Dha)
2. **3 min** — Ghin–Taang alternation with metronome
3. **3 min** — Ghin-Ghin-Taang roll, climbing tempo
4. **2 min** — one groove from this page

## Ghin-Ghin-Taang roll (signature)

```
Count: 1     &     a     2     &     a
Bol:   Ghin  Ghin  Taang Ghin  Ghin  Taang
Hand:  L     L     R     L     L     R
```

Even spacing; pulse on each Ghin. Jhyaure heartbeat.

## Speed pyramid

Same roll (or Ghin–Taang). 4× slow → 4× medium → 4× fast → down.
Or BPM: 60 → 72 → 84 → 96 → down.

## Four-count coordination (Level 3a)

```
Count: 1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
Bol:   Dha   Taang Kha   Taang Taak  Ghin  Ghin  Taang
```

## Call & response (Level 3c)

**Call:**
```
Dha   -     Ghin  Taang Taak  -     Ghin  Taang
```

**Response:**
```
Taak  Taak  Taang Taang Ghin  Ghin  Dha   -
```

## Bass ostinato + right fills (Level 3d)

```
Count: 1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
Bol:   Ghin  Taang Ghin  Taak  Ghin  Taang Ghin  Taak
Hand:  L     R     L     R     L     R     L     R
```

Left stays metronomic.

## Accent displacement (Level 3e)

Stream of Taang; move the loud accent across beats 1 → 2 → 3 → 4.

## Madal tihai (Level 3f)

Phrase ×3: `Ghin Taang Taak`, then big **Dha** on the next sam.

## Resham Firiri feel — Samala (full theka)

```
Count: 1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
Bol:   Ghin  -     Kha   Taang Taak  Ghin  Ghin  Taang
```

Chant: “Ghin — Kha-Taang — Taak-Ghin — Ghin-Taang.” Target 60 → 100 BPM.

## Maruni taal (4-beat)

```
Taang -     Kha   Taang Taang Ghin  Ghin  Taang
```

## Sangini (3/4, six counts)

```
Ghin  Ghin  Taang Taak  Ghin  Taang
```

## Jhyaure dance groove (6/8)

```
Count: 1     &     a     2     &     a
Bol:   Dha   Ghin  Taang Ghin  Kha   Taang
```

## Kaharba / Keherwa groove

```
Dha   Ghin  Taang Taak  Ghin  Ghin  Taang Kha
```

## Groove switch

4 cycles Samala → 4 Maruni → 4 Kaharba at one BPM. Keep sam clear.


## Song companions

Search YouTube (queries, not fixed URLs): `Resham Firiri madal`, `madal jhyaure taal`, `kaharba taal song`.

## Optional permutations (1e, 1g, 1h, 1j)

Same four strokes as Drill 1d, reordered — see `drills.md` 1e–1j. Playable grids on `exercises.html`.

## Dadra (full + build step 1)

```
Step 1: Dha  -  -  Kha  -  -
Full:   Dha  Ghin  Taang  Kha  Ghin  Taang
```

## Rupak 7/8

```
Step 1: Ghin  -  -  Dha  -  Dha  -
Full:   Ghin  Taang  Taak  Dha  Ghin  Dha  Ghin
```

## Jhaptaal 5/4

```
Full: Dha Ghin Taang Taak Ghin Dha Ghin Taang Taak Ghin
```

## Accent displacement

▶ plays even strokes; **you** make the accent. Terra underline marks the target beat.