• These lessons introduce the Konnakkol Articulation.
• They are also meant to give the student a feel for laya or tempo. Rhythm patterns are not important at this level.
• Each line contains one lesson (often followed by the pronunciation guide).
• Each lesson is to be recited once in slow speed, twice in medium speed and four times in fast speed (before going on to the next lesson). For compactness, only the medium speed version is written (often followed by the recitation). The slow speed is twice as slow and the fast speed is twice as fast as the medium speed.
  
  For example the 4 beat compact form T I E M (Tha Thi Thom Num) represents a much longer (24 beats) lesson T - I - E - M - [T I E M]2 [tiem]4

Here begin the lessons

T I E M	Tha Thi Thom Num
TT II EE MM	Tha Tha Thi Thi Thom Thom Num Num
TTT- III- EEE- MMM-	Tha Tha Tha Gap Thi Thi Thi Gap . . .
TTTT IIII EEEE MMMM

TX IX EX MX	ThaKitta ThiKitta ThomKitta NumKitta
TX (IX)3 EX (MX)3	ThaKitta ThiKitta ThiKitta ThiKitta . . .
HX iiX eeX mmX	ThathaKitta ThithiKitta ThomthomKitta NumnumKitta
ttX (iiX)3 eeX (mmX)3

XVT- XVI- XVE- XVM-	KitaThakiThaGap KittaThakiThiGap . . .
XVTT XVII XVEE XVMM	KitaThakiThaTha KittaThakiThiThi . . .
XVXVTTTT XVXVIIII XVXVEEEE XVXVMMMM
TXXV IXXV EXXV MXXV	ThaKittaKittaThaki ThiKittaKittaThaki . . .
TXXV (IXXV)3 EXXV (MXXV)3

VZXV	ThakaTariKitaThaki
TXXV VZXV IXXV VZXV EXXV VZXV MXXV VZXV	ThaKitaKitaThaki . . .
(TXXV)3 VZXV (IXXV)3 VZXV (EXXV)3 VZXV (MXXV)3 VZXV

tLgXV VZXV NEXV VZXV	ThalaanguKitaThaki ThakaThariKitaThaki NaThomKitaThaki . . .
(tLgXV)3 VZXV (NEXV)3 VZXV
TIFX VZXV VEFX VZXV	ThaDhiThanKita ThakaThariKitaThaki ThakaThomThanKita . . .
(TIFX)3 VZXV (VEFX)3 VZXV
N'IFX VZXV N'I'FX VZXV	NakaDhiThanKita ThakaThariKitaThaki NakaDhikuThanKita . . .
(N'IFX)3 VZXV (N'I'FX)3 VZXV