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 feeling all around.

PRACTICAL ASPECT OF RAGA BHOOPALI

It is a major pentatonic scale . The raga floats more in mandra and madhya saptak.hence we can say the raga is a  poorvanga pradhan (पूर्वांग प्रधान) raga. Although this raga belongs to thaat kalyan therefore some people consider it as BHOOP KALYAN .while eliminating the tivra madhyam and shuddha nishad from raga yaman / raga  kalyan  ,we achieve raga bhoopali.a performer must pay attention to the role of each swara.

SHADAJ- shadaj is the prominent note in all the ragas except some.here in Bhoopali, shadaj is a nyas swara in aroha and avaroha both.for example:

1.SA RE SA 'DHA SA
2.GA RE SA 'DHA SA
3.GA PA GA RE,  SA RE SA 'DHA SA
4.DHA SA' RE' SA' DHA PA ,GA PA GA RE SA RE SA 'DHA SA

It is also used as a grace note (कण स्वर) on shuddha dhaivat(DHA).for example:

SA  (SA)'DHA SA RE GA

The highlighted note SA in the bracket is shown as a grace note.

RISHABH- rishabh is shuddha and used as a nyas swar in avaroha.There is a kan(grace note) of gandhar(GA) on rishabh(RE).following phrases shows the role of rishabh in this raga,

SA (GA)RE GA,GA RE PA GA,PA RE GA,SA RE,RE GA RE,SA RE SA 'DHA SA

GANDHAR- gandhar is the prominent note of raga Bhoopali as it is Vadi(मुख्य स्वर).therefore gandhar is a nyas bahutwa swar.the phrases in this raga revolve arround gandhar including it.for example:
1.PA GA DHA PA (PA)GA
2.SA RE GA RE,  'DHA SA RE GA
3.GA PA DHA SA' DHA PA GA

PANCHAM- it is also a nyas swara in raga Bhoopali.there is a nyas on pancham in aroha.for example:
1.GA RE GA PA
2.SA RE GA PA
3.RE GA PA ,DHA GA PA
4.SA 'DHA SA RE GA PA

DHAIVAT- although it is a Vadi note(वादी) but it can not be used as a nyasa swar. Since RAGA Bhoopali is similar to Raga Deshkar which rises when one does nyas on dhaivat .therefore,one should be aware of this fact to maintain the raga swaroop.here in raga Bhoopali ,the GA-DHA coupling is beautiful. for example:
1.PA GA-DHA PA GA
2.GA RE GA RE GA-DHA PA

POPULAR SONGS AND BANDISHES BASED ON RAGA BHOOPALI-

There are plenty of songs and bandishes based on this beautiful soft melodious raga.a very basic bandish of raga Bhoopali which is taught to beginners is jaun tore charan kamal par vaari.the famous songs based on Bhoopali are as follows:

1.man tarpat hari darshan ko aaj from the film BaijuBawra.

2.dil hoom hoom kare by lata mangeshkar is based on raga bhoopali.

3.a devotional bhajan sung by jagjeet singh hey govind hey gopala is very much popular.

4.in ankhon ki masti ke is a mujra song based on this raga.

5.a song from old melodies which has much essence of raga bhoopali is jyoti kalash chhalke

ALANKARS TO PRACTICE IN RAGA BHOOPALI
 Learners can create many alankars depending upon their creativity.here are some for everyday practice .

1.Aroha- SA RE SA, RE GA RE,GA PA GA,PA DHA PA ,DHA SA' DHA,SA' RE' SA'.
Avaroha- SA' DHA SA', DHA PA DHA,PA GA PA,GA RE GA,RE SA RE,SA 'DHA SA.

2.Aroha- SA RE GA RE SA,RE GA PA GA RE,GA PA DHA PA GA,PA DHA SA' DHA PA,DHA SA' RE' SA' DHA,SA' RE' GA' RE' SA'.
Avaroha- SA' DHA PA DHA SA', DHA PA GA PA DHA,PA GA RE GA PA,GA RE SA RE GA,RE SA 'DHA SA RE,SA 'DHA 'PA 'DHA SA.

3.Aroha- SA RE RE, RE GA GA, GA PA PA , PA DHA DHA, DHA SA' SA'.
Avaroha- SA' DHA DHA, DHA PA PA, PA GA GA, GA RE RE, RE SA SA.

4.Aroha- SA RE ,SA RE GA | RE GA, RE GA PA|GA PA,GA PA DHA| PA DHA,PA DHA SA'.
Avaroha- SA' DHA ,SA' DHA PA | DHA PA ,DHA PA GA | PA GA,PA GA RE | GA RE,GA RE SA.

5.Aroha- SA 'DHA SA RE GA RE SA, RE SA RE GA PA GA RE, GA RE GA PA DHA PA GA , PA GA PA DHA SA' DHA PA , DHA PA DHA SA' RE' SA' DHA ,SA' DHA SA' RE' GA' RE' SA'.
Avaroha- SA' RE' SA' DHA PA DHA SA' ,DHA SA' DHA PA GA PA DHA, PA DHA PA GA RE GA PA,GA PA GA RE SA RE GA, RE GA RE SA 'DHA SA RE,SA RE SA 'DHA 'PA 'DHA SA.

Hoping that the above mentioned alankars would help the learner to build the raga.

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