Thaat - Kalyan
Jaati - Sampurna
Vaadi - Gandhar
Samvaadi - Nishaad
Samay - First portion of the night.
Aroh - 'N R G M P D N S'
Avroh - S' N D P M G R S
Pakad - 'N R G R, S, P M G, R S .
It has tivra 'Madhyam' , i.e. M.
In Kalyan raag, all swaras are shudh, except madhyam, which is tivra. Kayan is an ancient raag, but during mughal era, it was known as Raag Yaman/Iman. Sometimes, shudh madhyam is used in this raag, in which case, it's known as Raag Yaman Kalyan.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Understanding the raagas ...
There are certain behaviours of a particular raag, by which it's identification becomes easier. One might not need the whole description but just certain points to identify the raag. On the basis of this, these raagas are categorized into certain groups.
Before beginning with the raagas, we would first understand these points.
Vaadi - In a raag, there's a particular swar which is used more than any other swar in that raag. This swar is known as the Vaadi Swar of that raag.
Samvaadi - This swar is used, comparitively less than the vaddi swar but more than the rest of the swaras in that raag.
Jaati - According to the rules & Lakshan of raagas, there should be minimum of 5 swaras and a maximum of 7 swaras in a raag. Now, due to the presence of various different swaras in different raagas, the raagas are divided into three distinct catagories :-
Before beginning with the raagas, we would first understand these points.
Vaadi - In a raag, there's a particular swar which is used more than any other swar in that raag. This swar is known as the Vaadi Swar of that raag.
Samvaadi - This swar is used, comparitively less than the vaddi swar but more than the rest of the swaras in that raag.
Jaati - According to the rules & Lakshan of raagas, there should be minimum of 5 swaras and a maximum of 7 swaras in a raag. Now, due to the presence of various different swaras in different raagas, the raagas are divided into three distinct catagories :-
- Sampurna - In these, there are all 7 swaras included in the raag. For eg. Raag Bilawal.
- Shadav - In these, only 6 swars are present in the raaga. For eg. Raag Marwa.
- Audav - In these, only 5 swaras are presnt.
These are further divided into sub-categories, but we'll discuss that later.
Samay/Time - This tells us the time when the raag is sung.
Pakad - In a raag, there's a particular group of swaras which is used to identify the raag being unique for every raag. This group is known as pakad.
Thaat - As discussed before in detail, thaats are the scales on which the raagas are divided. There are namely 10 thaats, proposed by Pt. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, and is used in hindustani music.
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