A period . right next to the note means lower octave
A single quote ' next to the note means upper octave
A dash "-" means an empty beat
An equal "=" gives your taan a fixed gap. It turns into a dash, always on the same beat. (cannot be used with beginnings or endings)
A barline | can be used if you want help you keep track of your beats. It does not affect the printout at all.
Instructions
The circular taan rotator & generator can assist you in quickly generating taans for practice. There are three different ways it can output notes.
Enter each note individually. The period modifier means lower octave, while the single quote modifier
means upper octave. It does not matter which side of the note these are on as long as there is no space
between the note and the modifier. So, the notes S. and .S are identical.
There should be at least one space between each note but you have multiple spaces between notes and it won't matter.
If you use lowercase S or P (s or p) it is ok as they will be automatically capitalized for you as a convenience.
Click the Sample Raga button to automatically add a sample raga so you can quickly get an idea of how it all works.
The Taan textfield should always have 32 separate notes in it.
In the first type of taan, the raga name and Taan fields should be filled out. The Beginning and Endings fields can be left blank. This gives you an output of 32 versions of the 32 beat taan.
For the second type or raga, add one or more endings with each ending on its own line. The endings can all be different lengths. The length of the ending can be up to 32 beats. Leave the Beginning textfield blank, and you will see your taan being generate with a version for each ending. The result will give you 32 times the number of endings you gave. The endings are all separated by newlines. You can input as many as you want.
The third type of taan, add a beginning in the beginning text field. You can only enter one beginning.
It will replace the beginning of the taan, character for character, and it can be any length you choose. The beginning is only added if endings are also given. The purpose is to emulate the half cycle taan where the taan starts on beat 9 and the beats 1-8 are always the same.
You can place barlines in your taan to make it more readable. These won't have any effect on the formatting of the final output.
They are not required and only to help you input the notes into the web page correctly.
You can use fixed-position gaps. You do this by using an equal sign (=) instad of a dash (-). A dash will rotate like any other note. If you use
equals, it will 1.) become a dash in the final printout, and 2) maintain its current position in the taan with only the other notes rotating around it.
Please note this fixed position gap indicator (=) does not work when you are already using a fixed beginning or any endings.
Bol Patterns
If a bol pattern is entered, please note any beginning or endings present in the input text fields will be ignored.
The bol pattern allows you to take the 32 beat taan and repeat some notes and add gaps (dashes) to make a new rhythmic pattern.
You'll get an error if you enter a bol that the program can't understand.
You can use da, ra, -ra, diri, or rada
You can add barlines | if it helps you read or input the bol pattern but they are ignored by the program.
There is a drop-down list where you can select a bol pattern from the list
so you don't have to type it in, but you can type in any pattern you want! You
are not restricted to the list.
Here are some common bol patterns for you to try:
da diri
da diri da ra
da rada -ra da
da diri diri diri
da diri da ra | da rada -ra da
da diri da ra | diri diri da ra
da diri diri diri | da rada -ra da
There is a checkbox beneath the bol pattern input text field. If you check it, you will see all of the dashes in the four beat
grouping. If the checkbox is left unchecked, you will see, for example, PMM instead of P-MM, PPM instead of PP-M, and DN instead of D-N-.
Any dashes needed to really identify the rhythm will remain. Leaving out the dashes is common when you have to write everything out by
hand, but are very helpful if you are trying to play them for the first time as it makes the rhythm absolutely clear.