Tilwada

Tilwada or tilwara ({{indic|lang=hi|indic=तिलवाडा|trans=tilvāḍā}}) ({{indic|lang=pa|indic=ਤਿਲਵਾੜਾ|trans=tilvāḍā}}) is a tala of Hindustani music.{{cite web|title=Tilwada (or Tilwara)|url=http://chandrakantha.com/tala_taal/tilwaada/tilwada.html|website=chandrakantha.com/|accessdate=2 July 2012}} Like tintaal, tilwada tala also has 16 beats.{{cite book|author=Babanarāva Haḷadaṇakara|title=Aesthetics of Agra and Jaipur Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktS00KztX3YC&pg=PA96|accessdate=3 July 2012|year=2001|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-685-5|pages=96–}}{{cite book|author=Elizabeth May|title=Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction|url=https://archive.org/details/musicsofmanycult00hood_0|url-access=registration|accessdate=3 July 2012|date=23 March 1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04778-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/musicsofmanycult00hood_0/page/89 89]–}} Tilwada is often used in Kheyal.