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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