GSRI 2025 Intern
About Jasmeh Kaur
Jasmeh Kaur is a rising senior in Denver, Colorado. She has been doing kirtan since she was 4 years old, learning from her mom, Bibi Guneet Kaur. Recently, she has started learning dilruba from Ustaad Gurpreet Singh from Sacramento, CA. Jasmeh has had the opportunity to be a part of many kirtan programs, such as raag darbaars taken place all over the country, and all 3 GAAVANI programs.
About my project
Partaal: The Rhythmic Heart of Gurmat Sangeet
This paper explores the concept of partaal within Gurmat Sangeet and its presence in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, while also discussing . This paper will go into a deep dive of what a partaal is, the history behind it, and how a partaal is composed in Gurmat Sangeet. This paper is broken down in 5 segments: (1) The basic details about a partaal – history of the partaal, and the different details about a partaal. (2) An organized list of every partaal bani organized by order and each bani includes its sirlekh. (3) Composition techniques – this sections includes a subjective approach on how partaals are composed and will include interviews with different Gurmat Sangeet ustaads and scholars. (4) Partaals The significance of partaals in Gurbani interpretation – this section will go into a deep dive on how a partaal shows emotion in a shabad and how this specific style affects the listening experience and spiritual connection. (5) Analysis of the chhand – this section will talk about the chhand and how different changes in the taal affect the emotion and interpretation of the shabad, this will also include an example shabad. This research is aimed to contribute to furthering discussion regarding the partaal and bring light to the notion that there are few resources regarding the topic. topic was chosen for the paper as the topic of partaal is talked about rarely and not many resources are readily available to talk about a partaal.