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tala

meter, time cycle measure in Indian music
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tala

Summary

tala is a musical concept[1]. tala draws 1,579 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #44 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • tala's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3].
  • tala is a type of meter[4].
  • tala's facet of is recorded as Indian classical music[5].
  • tala's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • tala's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8535[7].
  • tala's has list is recorded as Q1953633[8].
  • tala's studied by is recorded as etnomusicology[9].
  • tala's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Ethnomusicological descriptors - University of Turin[10].

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Definition and Type

tala's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3]. tala is a type of meter[4].

Why It Matters

tala draws 1,579 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #44 of 193).[2] tala has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] tala is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

etnomusicology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Euro know · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P8535
    Subclass of → meter
    Studied by → etnomusicology
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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