On-line manual:

QUICK START
While you are using Nagma for your Tabla practice you will need to set four different basic items on the instrument.
A) The Taal you wish to practice
B) Your favorite tune (raag) in that taal
C) Pitch of your tune so it is the same as your Tabla's (Dayan's) pitch
D) Laya and speed at which you want to practice.

Put mains cord in to A.C mains socket
1.Turn the instrument ON by turning the NAGMA knob clockwise.
The display indicates the last Taal used.

2.Press TAAL and see the display indicating the options for different Taals. Select the desired Taal by pressing the up or down key
Press O.K. This selects the Taal you want to practice.

3.Press Raag and see the display indicating the options for different Raags. Select the desired RAAG by pressing the up or down key
Press O.K. This selects the Raag in the particular taal that you have selected for practice.

4.Press Start and the Nagma is heard. Adjust the volume by using the Nagma Knob.
The display indicates the matras as the Nagma is played.

5.Press SUR while Nagma is playing and the display changes to indicate the present sur at which the Nagma is played. Sur is indicated both in Hindustani notation ie: Kali 1 and also the Western equivalent C. Press up or down key to reach the desired sur.

5a.For fine-tuning the sur press Sur fine. Pressing up or down keys allows the sur to be changed up to one note up or down from the main note in small steps. Ex: If you have selected safed 1 as the main sur, by using the fine tuning facility you can adjust the sur to be any sur between Mandra safed 7 (lowest sur) and kali1(c#) highest sur. When the extreme right display indicates at fine sur it means that the main sur is set at its natural note. As you press the down key you will see the extreme right of the display changing to the << symbol indicating that the sur you are hearing is lower than the natural note. Similarly the >> symbol on the extreme right of the display indicates that the sur you are hearing is higher than the natural note.
This sets the sur required for your tune.

6.Press Laya and the display indicates the laya at which the instrument is playing ie: Dhrut Laya, Madhya Laya or Vilambit Laya. Change the laya by using the up or down key.
This sets the required laya of the instrument for your practice.

7.Press Speed and using up or down keys, set the required speed. The display indicates the speed in beats per minute.

KEY BOARD FUNCTIONS

Taal: Displays available taal list which can be selected by up and down keys.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TAALS AVAILABLE

TAALNAME:
1. TEEN TAAL
2. EK TAAL
3. JHAP TAAL
4. JHOOMRA
5. RUPAK
6. TILWADA
7. ADA CHAUTAL
8. DHAMAR
9. CHAUTAL
10. MISCELLANEOUS
11. DADARA
12. CHACHAR
13. DEEP CHANDI
14. SOOL TAAL
15. MATTA TAAL
16. JAI TAAL
17. RUDRA TAAL
18. VILAMBIT
19. PANCHAMSAVARI
20. KEHERWA
21. SHRUTI BOX
22. DRONE
Pressing the taal key while the Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently playing taal name.

RAAG
Pressing this key displays the available RAAG list. These can be selected by using the up and down keys. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RAAGS AVAILABLE for a particular TAAL

Teen Taal
CHANDRAKAUNS
ALHAIYABILAVL
PILU
RAMKALI
JAIJAIWANTI
KAALAVATI
BRINDA.SARANG
MADHUVANTI
HAMIR
BHAIRAVI
Ek taal
HAMIR
AHIR BHAIRAV
TODI
JAIJAIWANTI
RAMKALI
KAALAVATI
SHYAM_KALYAN
KIRWANI
HAMSADHWANI
JOG

Jhaap taal
BRINDA.SARANG
TODI
JAIJAIWANTI
KAALAVATI
KIRWANI
MALKAUNS
KAUSIDHANI
HAMSADHWANI
GAUDSARANG
BHAIRAVI
Jhoomra taal
BAGESHRI
MALKAUNS
BRINDA.SARANG
ABHOGI
ALHAIYABILAVL
HAMIR
KIRWANI
AHIR BHAIRAV
KAALAVATI
HAMSADHWANI

Roopak taal
GARA
MALKAUNS
KAUSIDHANI
TODI
KAALAVATI
HAMSADHWANI
BHAIRAV
CHANDRAKAUNS
BRINDA.SARANG
KIRWANI
Tilwada taal
MALKAUNS
ALHAIYABILAVL
HAMIR
KAALAVATI
TILANG
BRINDA.SARANG
CHANDRAKAUNS
KIRWANI
TODI
HAMSADHWANI

Ada chautal
MALKAUNS
TODI
YAMAN
HAMIR
KAALAVATI
RAMKALI
BHIMPALASI
PUR.DHANASHRI
BRINDA.SARANG
JAIJAIWANTI
Dhamar taal
KAFI
JAIJAIWANTI
YAMAN
TODI
HAMIR
BRINDA.SARANG
HAMSADHWANI
CHANDRAKAUNS
BHIMPALASI
AHIR BHAIRAV

dADRA
BHAIRAVI
TODI
MALKAUNS
CHANDRAKAUNS
KAFI
DESH
KAALAVATI
HAMSADHWANI
BAGESHRI
BHOOPALI
CHACHAR
KAFI
BHAIRAVI
TILAK KAMOD
KAFI
KAALAVATI
HAMSADHWANI
KHAMAJ
SHIVRANJANI
KIRWANI
PUR.DHANASHRI

Chautaal
MALKAUNS
BHIMPALASI
KAALAVATI
KAUSIDHANI
YAMAN
TODI
HAMIR
RAMKALI
BRINDA.SARANG
BAGESHRI

Miscellaneous
KHAMAJ 7 _ MATRA
KAFI 7 _ MATRA
KHAMAJ 8 _ MATRA
HAMSADHWANI 8 _ MATRA
HAMSADHWANI 9 _ MATRA
CHANDRAKAUNS 8 _ MATRA
MALKAUNS 10 _ MATRA
AHIR BHAIRAV 10 _ MATRA
BRINDA.SARANG 11 MATRA
HAMSADHWANI 11 MATRA

DEEPCHANDI
KAFI
BHAIRAVI
TILANG
KHAMAJ
TILAK KAMOD
CHANDRAKAUNS
JAIJAIWANTI
HAMSADHWANI
KHAMAJ
TILANG SOOL TAAL
TODI
CHANDRAKAUNS
HAMSADHWANI
ABHOGI
PATDEEP
BHOOPALI
KIRWANI
YAMAN
AHIR BHAIRAV
KAALAVATI

MATTA TAAL
SHIVRANJANI
DARBARI
LALIT
AHIR BHAIRAV
JAIJAIWANTI
HAMSADHWANI
DESH
KIRWANI
YAMAN
MALKAUNS
JAI TAAL
HAMSADHWANI
CHANDRAKAUNS
BRINDA.SARANG
KAALAVATI
MALKAUNS
AHIR BHAIRAV
BAGESHRI
RAGESHRI
YAMAN
DESH

RUUDRA TAAL
MALKAUNS
JAIJAIWANTI
AHIR BHAIRAV
HAMIR
KAALAVATI
YAMAN
BAGESHRI
KIRWANI
HAMSADHWANI
TODI
VILAMBIT
BHAIRAVI
CHANDRAKAUNS
PILU
YAMAN

PANCHAM SAWARI
HAMIR
MALKAUNS
KIRWANI
BHAIRAVI
CHANDRAKAUNS
YAMAN
AHIR BHAIRAV
DURGA
KAALAVATI
BHOOPALI
KEHERWA
PAHADI
BHAIRAVI
TILAK KAMOD
PILU
KHAMAJ
HAMSADHWANI
BAGESHRI
KAALAVATI
AHIR BHAIRAV
DURGA

SHRUTI BOX
SHRUTI PA
SHRUTI MA DRONE

Pressing the RAAG key when the Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the name of the RGGA being currently played.

SUR KEY

Pressing this key displays the available SUR list. This can be selected by using the up and down keys.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SURS AVAILABLE
B MANDRASAFED 7(LOWEST SUR)
C SAFED 1
C# KALI 1
D SAFED 2
D# KALI 2
E SAFED 3
F SAFED 4
F# KALI 3
G SAFED 5
G# KALI 4
A SAFED 6
A# KALI 5
B SAFED 7
C TIP SAFED1
C# TIP KALI 1 (HIGEST SUR )

DO NOT USE THE SUR KEY TO CHECK THE SUR AS YOU MAY HAVE FINE TUNED YOUR SUR.
Pressing the SUR key when the Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently ADJUSTED NATURAL SUR.
FINE SUR KEY

THIS KAY IS ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN NAGMA IS PLAYING AND IS USED TO CHANGE IN SMALL STEPS IN BETWEEN UP TO ONE SUR ABOVE OR BELOW THE SELLECTED SUR.
Ex: If you have selected safed 2 as the main sur with fine tuning you can adjust the sur to be between C# KALI 1 (lowest sur) and D# KALI 2 (highest sur). When the extreme right display indicates at fine sur it means that the main sur is at its natural note. As you press the down key the extreme right of the display changes to the << symbol indicating that the sur you are hearing is lower than the natural note. Similarly the >> symbol on the extreme right of the display indicates that the sur you are hearing is higher than the natural note.
Pressing the FINE SUR key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to currently ADJUSTED SUR INCLUDING FINE UP OR DOWN FROM THE NATURAL NOTE.

LAYA KEY

This key causes the available laya list to be displayed. The laya list can be selected by up and down keys.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF LAYAS AVAILABLE
1. Dhrut laya
2. Madhya laya
3. Vilambit laya
Pressing the laya key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently set laya.

SPEED KEY

Displays the current speed settings in beats per minute, which can be made slower or faster by using the up and down keys.
Range 1 Dhrut laya- 120 beats per minute to 600 beats per minute
Range 2 Madhya laya 60 beats per minute to 300 beats per minute
Range 3 Vilambit laya 30 beats per minute to 150 beats per minute

Pressing the Speed key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently ADJUSTED speed in beats per minute.

METRONOME KEY

Displays the available metronome mode list, which may be selected by up and down keys.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF metronome types AVAILABLE
1.single beats i.e one stroke per matra
2.dugun beats i.e two strokes per matra
3.trigun beats i.e three strokes per matra
4.chaugun beats i.e. four strokes per matra
5.khand beats i.e. five strokes per matra
Note: Adjust the volume of the metronome knob to a suitable level. Turning the knob counter-clockwise sets the metronome to zero volume.
Pressing the metronome key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently set metronome type.

TIMBRE KEY (TONE)
The Nagma is equipped with different ranges of notes to reproduce single line harmonium, two-line harmonium and three-line harmonium
Pressing the timbre key displays the current timbre types available. These may be selected by using up and down keys.
1. All sur
2. Madhya + Mandra
3. Tip + Mandra
4. Tip+ Madhya
5. Only Mandra
6. Only Madhya
7. Only Tip

Pressing the timbre key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently selected timber type

STYLE KEY
The Nagma has two style of producing the note. One is with emphasis (loud) at particular matra. The second one is plain, where only the sum is of higher volume and all other notes are not emphasized.
Pressing the style key displays the current style types available. These may be selected by using up and down keys
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF STYLES AVAILABLE
1.Strong notes
2. Plain
Pressing the style key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently selected style type

NAGMA KEY (PROGRAM KEY)
There are four program numbers which are available for the user to compose four tunes of up to 95 matras each.
Displays available program list, which can be selected by up and down keys.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE
1. Tune. 1
2. Tune. 2
3. Tune. 3
4. Tune. 4
Pressing OK will allow the user to program at any of the four locations
Pressing the Nagma key when Nagma is playing changes the display from matra indication to the currently selected tune number and plays the this tune.

OK KEY

Pressing OK will make instrument accept whatever is displayed on the display during various selection. It also acts as an enter key to change between two functions i.e from taal to raag or from raag to sur quickly.

UP AND DOWN KEY
Allows the display to scroll up and down to select various functions.

START AND STOP KEY
Starts and stops the Nagma from playing and also acts as a finish in programming mode.

PROGRAMMING OWN NAGMAS

The concept of programming is based on the notes of a tune, the length (matra) for which the note should be played, also whether the note should be emphasized or embellished.
Therefore steps in programming are to select the required note, define whether it should be a full matra or half matra, with loud volume, or gamak type.
Gamak means playing the next note before the selected note i.e. if re is selected with gamak it will be played as ga, re.
PROCEDURE

Press the Stop key to stop the instrument
Press the Nagma key. Using the up or down key select the desired Tune number to make and store your program
Press OK
Enter the your desired note.
Press OK
Press any one of the vertical green options as per your choice i.e. full, loud, gamak. _ matra, _ matra loud.
Press OK
The display indicates the matra no.2
Select your desired note at the matra no.2
Press OK
Press any one of the green vertical options
Press OK
Continue in the above manner until you come to your last matra
Press the start key to hear your own programmed Nagma
Ex.1.To program a sequence of 8 matras with simple sargam i.e sa re ga ma pa dha ni tip sa.
Follow the underlined procedure
Press Stop to stop the instrument
Press the Nagma key.
Choose Tune 1 by up or down key
Press OK
At matra 1 press sa, the display indicates 1 saþþ.. c meaning, at matra 1 sa will be played and c is the western equivalent of sa
Press ok
Now we can decide whether this sa is a full matra or a half matra, accordingly we will press full matra
Press OK
The display now indicates no.2
Press re
Press OK
Press vertical full
Press OK
Continue same way up to ni
At 8th matra press mandra/tip first and then press sa as we need tip sa here
Press OK
Press full
Press OK
Press start
You should now hear your own 8-matra Nagma on Tune 1
Similarly any desired type of Nagma can be programmed

Note: Press mandra/tip before selecting the note to make the note as mandra or tip otherwise it will of be middle octave only. The scale of notes given for programming is from mandra pa to tip re. If any other note is attempted beyond these limits, the display will indicate "out of scale". Pressing any valid note erases this error message.

VOLUME CONTROL KNOBS (ROTARY)
1. NAGMA:
On/off switch for the whole instrument and adjustment of volume for the main tune (Nagma).

2. METRONOME
Adjustment of volume for the metronome. Keep to zero (full anti-clockwise) for no metronome

3. DRONE
Adjustment of volume for the drone normally used to tune the tabla instrument. Press Start key Keeping metronome and Nagma volume to minimum

4.Speaker out socket
For bigger external speaker if necessary

5. Battery operations
Open the battery box at the back of the instrument to insert four pencil cells. Put ON the Nagma volume and observe the display light on. Use the instrument as explained in the quick start at the beginning of the manual. Note: Observe the marking of the pencil cells (springs should be negative)

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