This morning I spend the most time on an expanding sequence: SR SN SRGR SNDNS / RG RS RGMG RSNSR / GM GR GMPM GRSRG etc. This has four internal accents and so will support the same number of text syllables as a bol-taan, and since the first line of "arre more saiyaan" has twelve syllables, it's a perfect match. So I move the text up and down as well.
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I compose a few other patterns of various types before turning on the tabla at 8:01, with tempo set to 96 bpm (I try to vary the tempo by a few clicks in either direction to avoid getting entirely locked in to a particular speed). The past few days have improved my melodic flexibility in Khamaj along with my sense of syllabic placement inside the syncopated taal.
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