Raga Bairagi on Chandraveena by S Balachander
This is a complete recording of Raga Alapana in Raga Bairagi.
Full video from this performance is available at
youtu.be/Vw6nbqyNG2Y.
Snippets from this performance are available at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAUKSehL91A.
Purchase CD quality audio of the performance from
chandraveena.bandcamp.com/album/raga-bairagi.
If you like the music, you can support Chandraveena music by buying this performance. Learn how else you can support Chandraveena Music at
www.chandraveena.com/support/. We value your patronage.
Program Notes
Raga Alapana in Raga Bairagi
Raga Alapana is an improvisation and a systematic presentation of a Raga. This part has no rhythmic accompaniment. It has three parts - Alap, Jod and Jhala. This format is also known as Ragam and Tanam.
Here are some notes about the Raga.
Raga - Bairagi
Scale - Sa re ma Pa ni
Family - Gaula (Sa re Ga ma Pa Ni)
Melakarta - Varjit (Re, dha) Janya of Ratnangi (Sa re Re ma Pa dha ni)
Prahar - 1st and 2nd prahar (equivalent to 6 AM - 12 PM)
Reading the scale
In Indian Classical Music, the seven notes in an octave are called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni and then Sa comes again. Notes with a capitalised first letter are called Tivra (or sharp) notes. E.g.,Ga above. Notes written fully in lower case are called Komal (or flat) notes. E.g., ma and ni above. Sa and Pa are always written with a capitalized first letter.
Varjit Raga
A Varjit Raga is a Janya (derived) Raga of a Melakarta (parent scale) in which one or more notes are dropped from the parent scale. In this case, Tivra Re and Komal Dha are dropped from the parent scale Ratnanagi.
Prahar
In Indian Classical Music, Ragas are classified into Prahars (time periods of a day or night) which are said to represent the most appropriate time to perform the Raga.
#Chandraveena #IndianClassicalMusic #Bairagi