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A '''Theka''' ([[IAST]]: Ṭhekā) literally means "support, prop".{{Sfn|Caudhurī|2000|p=151}} The term also refers to a musical composition in [[classical Indian music]] for percussion instruments that establish a rhythm (''[[Chanda]]''), beats (''Matras'') and the metric cycle of beats (''[[Tala (music)|Tala]]'') in a performance.{{Sfn|Caudhurī|2000|p=151}}<br />
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A ''theka'' is the basic rhythmic phrase of a particular ''tala''.{{Sfn|Te Nijenhuis|1974|pp=60, 92}} It is the underlying repeated pattern that shapes the time cycle of a musical expression.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/khayal#ref925128 Kayal], Encyclopædia Britannica, Quote: "The rhythm of the melodic performance is nonmetric, but the percussion accompaniment is cast in a tala, and the time cycle is shaped by the repeated pattern (theka) performed by the accompanist."</ref> ''Theka'' is a term used by the drummers such as the ''[[tabla]]'' players.{{Sfn|Randel|2003|p=878}}{{Sfn| Jairazbhoy|1995|p=30}}{{sfn|Nettl et al.|1998|p=124}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Raga]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
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*{{Cite book | last=Daniélou | first=Alain | authorlink=Alain Daniélou | title=Northern Indian Music, Volume 1. Theory & technique; Volume 2. The main rāgǎs | publisher=C. Johnson | place=London | year=1949|oclc= 851080}}<br />
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*{{cite book|first=José Luiz|last=Martinez|title=Semiosis in Hindustani Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwJRnFIcM4cC |year=2001|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1801-9}}<br />
*{{cite book|first=Tarla|last=Mehta |title=Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7naMj1UxIkC |year=1995|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1057-0 }}<br />
* {{cite book| last =Monier-Williams |first=Monier |authorlink=Monier Monier-Williams| year =1899 | title =A Sanskrit-English Dictionary | place =London | publisher =Oxford University Press | url =http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/mw/0400/mw__0477.html}}<br />
*{{citation |ref={{sfnref|Nettl et al.|1998}}| first1=Bruno|last1=Nettl | author2= Ruth M. Stone|author3=James Porter|author4=Timothy Rice|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC |year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1}}<br />
*{{cite book|first=Don Michael |last= Randel|title=The Harvard Dictionary of Music|edition=fourth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=02rFSecPhEsC |year=2003|location=Cambridge, MA|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01163-2}}<br />
*{{cite book|first=Emmie|last=Te Nijenhuis |author-link=Emmie te Nijenhuis |title=Indian Music: History and Structure |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NrgfAAAAIAAJ |year=1974|publisher= BRILL Academic|isbn=90-04-03978-3 }}<br />
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