Sunday, 21 July 2013

Raag Bhoopali

Hi Learners,
Today I am going tell you about Raag Bhoopali. It is the basic Raga for beginner.
Bhopali, also known as Bhoop, Bhoopali or Bhupali, is a Hindustani classical raga. In there are five notes(swar) in both ascending and descending order.The detailing of the raag is as follow:

Note- Normally written swaras (individual notes) indicate the middle octave. A swara immediately followed by 1 indicates the mandra saptak (lower octave) and ' indicates the taar saptak (higher octave)
Raag                     :  Bhoopali
That                      :  Kalyan
Aroh                     :  S R G P D S'
Avroh                   :  S' D P G R S
Vadi                     :  G ( Gandhar )
Samvadi               :  D (Dhaiwat)
Pakad & Chalan   :  G, R, S D1 S R G, P G, D P G, R S
Time                     :  Evening or First period of Sandhya
Rasa or Mood      : Bhakti (Devotional) and Shant rasa

Bandish:-
This bandish is bound with Teentaal (16 beats).
Asthayi

| 1  2  3  4  | 5  6  7  8  | 9  10 11 12 | 13 14 15 16 |
| x              | 2              | 0                 |  3                 |

                                   |  S'  S'  D  P  |  G  R  S  R  |
 |  G  -  P  G  |  D  P  G  -  |  G  P  D  S'  |  R'  S'  D  P  |       
|  G  P  D  P  |  G  R  S  -  |                                                  

Antara

      | 1  2  3  4  | 5  6  7  8  | 9  10 11 12 | 13 14 15 16 |
      | x              | 2              | 0                 |  3                 |

                                           |  G  -  P  P  |  D  D  P  D  |
 |  S'  -  S'  -    |  D  R'  S'  -  |  G'  R'  S'  S'  |  R'  S'  D  D  |       
|  D  S'  D  P  |  G  R  S  -  |