It sticks mainly to an eight-beat rhythmic cycle called Chembada or adi talam. It also has a segment called Kooru, where rhythmic cycles can be the six-beat panchari (pancharikkooru), the 14-beat adantha (adantha-kkooru) and the ten-beat chamba (chambakkooru).
The music mainly follows an eight-beat rhythmic cycle called Chembada or adi talam. It also features a segment named Kooru, where rhythmic patterns can be six-beat panchari (pancharikkooru), 14-beat adantha (adantha-kkooru), and ten-beat chamba (chambakkooru).