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What is Moorchhana(मूर्छना)?

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  What is Moorchhana(मूर्छना)? Moorchhana is nothing but the process of singing aroha and avaroha of notes.it is a technique in which the shadja(SA) is shifted to another note and this process forms a new scale. APPLICATION OF MOORCHHANA- Lets have a look at the seven notes, SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA' If we take Rishabh to be shadja, the rest of the notes shift with respect to Rishabh and we get a new scale. this whole process is referred as MOORCHHANA. Applying the moorchhana on the shuddha swara scale ,we get the scale of raga  KAAFI(काफी). i.e.      SA RE ga MA PA DHA ni SA' The moorchhana occures when a musician think about creating a new scale from another scale.its a process of creating new scales.
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RAGA BHOOPALI

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RAGA BHOOPALI Madhyam and Nishad are varjit rest shudha swaras. THAAT -     KALYAN AROHA -  SA RE GA PA DHA SA' AVAROHA - SA' DHA PA GA RE SA PAKAD - SA 'DHA SA,SA RE GA, PA DHA PA GA,RE SA VADI -     GA SAMVADI -  DHA JAATI -   AUDAV-AUDAV( औड़व- औड़व) i.e.PENTATONIC SCALE(Consists of 5 notes  in Aroha-Avaroha both) TIME -   1st  prahar of night NYAS STHAN -  SA,RE,GA,PA - PA,GA,RE,SA SIMILAR RAGAS -  DESHKAR,SHUDDHA KALYAN,carnatic raga MOHANAM MOODS -   DEVOTIONAL FEELING,PEACEFUL and CALM. INTRODUCTION-  Raga bhoopali is an audav raga i.e. a pentatonic scale which has 5 notes in ascending and descending both- SA RE GA PA DHA .all swaras are shudha and Gandhar(GA) is dominant.its a basic raga like Bhairav and Yaman which are taught to learners in a very begining of their lessons. the different popular names of raga bhoopali are BHOOP, BHOPALI, BHUPALI .a similar raga to bhoopali is MOHANAM which is a carnatic raga.its a soft melodius raga creates devotional
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HINDUSTANI TALA SYSTEM

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      INDIAN TAAL SYSTEM The richness and diversity of our traditional indian music is well known to all.as we know that our indianmusic is originated from THE VEDAS which is generally based on two elements :  SWAR and  TALA .both elements have same importance in music. HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC is known for its tradition of  'GURU-SHISHYA PARAMPARA' .it is basically a system in which a guru(teacher) shares his/her knowledge to shishya (students).it is different from the learning system running present time.this culture creates a gratitudinal feeling in students towards their gurus.in the learning process a question often occures in student's mind that 'which one has more importance in music?....... swar or tala?....the answer to this question is 'both of them have same value beacause if  learners have less command over swar or tala, they might get troubled while performing. tala runs in a continuous loop of matras while the swar is responsible for th
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RAGA YAMAN

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RAGA YAMAN(यमन) THAAT -          KALYAN(कल्याण)   'Madhyam is tivra , rest the swara are shudha'   AROHA-           'NI RE GA, ma(tivra) PA, DHA NI SA' /  'NI RE GA ma DHA NI SA'           AVAROHA-       SA' NI DHA PA, ma GA RE SA PAKAD-            'NI RE GA RE SA, PA ma GA RE SA VISHRANTI STHAN-             SA,GA,NI- SA',NI,PA,GA VADI-                 Gandhar(GA) SAMVADI-         Nishad(NI) JATI-                   SAMPOORNA(some says SHADAV-SAMPOORNA ) TIME-                 EVENING(1st prahar of night) SIMILAR  RAGA-             65th carnatic melakarta raga 'KALYANI',  YAMAN KALYAN MOODS-            Serenity , joy , peace and calmness etc.          A raga full of magnetic charm is none other than RAGA YAMAN/KALYAN .The original name of this raga is KALYAN , which is denominated variously as Yaman,Iman, Eman and Aiman .according to  acharya vrihaspati  the word Aiman is an Arabic word which means ' blessed '.people used t
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RAGA BHAIRAV

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 Raga BHAIRAV(भैरव) Thaat- bhairav(भैरव)         ' re and dha are komal,other swara are shudha ' Aroha-           SA re GA MA, PA dha NI SA' Avaroha-       SA' NI dha PA, MA GA re SA Pakad-           GA MA dha dha PA, GA MA re re SA VISHRANTI  (न्यास स्वर)-           SA,MA,PA,dha - SA',dha,PA,re JATI-                 SAMPOORNA(सम्पूर्ण) VAADI-               dha (komal dhaivat) SAMVADI-         re (komal rishabh) TIME-                MORNING(1st Prahar of the day) MOOD-              seriousness,introversion and devotional feeling SIMILAR-         15th carnatic melakarta   MAYAMALVGOULA(मायामालवगौण), Ramkali(रामकली),Gauri(गौरी),Jogiya(जोगिया),Kalingda(कालिंगड़ा) VARIANT-      Ahir bhairav(अहीर भैरव),Nat bhairav( नट भैरव),Bairagi bhairav(बैरागी भैरव),Anand bhairav(आनंद भैरव) Sangeet vidha -      Drupad(ध्रुपद),  Dhamar(धमार), khyal( ख्याल), tarana(तराना)                                                       Bhairav is an ancient raga of indian classical music. In the m
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SWARA(स्वर)

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SWARA(स्वर)/NOTE   WHAT IS A SWARA OR NOTE?........                                                           THE WORD 'SWARA(स्वर)' IS DERIVED FROM A SANSKRIT WORD WHICH MEANS  'A MUSICAL NOTE'. I think we all are familier with SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA .  According to music theories in indian music ,     'A swara or note is a fixed sound which has a certain frequency and useful for music.'                   there are 7 main swara/notes which are 'SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA.' these 7 notes are called 'SHUDHA SWARAS' and  together it is called a 'SAPTAK'(a group of 7 notes). the names of swaras are mentioned in our ancient books like NATYASHASHTRA which is written by ACHARYA BHARATMUNI. SA        -          SHADAJ(षड्ज) RE        -          RISHABH(रिषभ) GA        -         GANDHAR(गांधार) MA       -         MADHYAM(मध्यम) PA         -          PANCHAM(पंचम) DHA      -       DHAIVAT(धैवत) NI          -         NISHAD(निषाद) SHRUTI(श्रुति) AN
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