First appeared in www.scroll.in on April 25, 2015. Last week, this column had reflected over Addha or Sitarkhani taal and its peculiar lilts. This week we will talk about Jat or Aadhaa that, like Sitarkhani, is another taal that shares the same structure as Teentaal, but differs in the theka or the string of syllables used to represent the taal. Although some musicians refer to it as a taal or time cycle with eight matras or time units, it is more