INDIAN RAGA

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

      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

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

 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