How Do We Identify A Raag When We Hear It - Page 7

RAG PURVI

by David Courtney, Ph.D.

DESCRIPTION

Purvi is considered to be the fundamental rag in Purvi That. It is performed around sunset (Sandhi Prakash). There are two philosophies concerning this rag. The first approach is to use only the swar of Purvi That. Unfortunately, this approach impinges upon Puriadhanashri. The second and more common approach is to use a touch of Shuddha Ma. We will only use the second approach here.

The structure of Purvi is a bit complex. The inclusion of shuddha Ma forces a somewhat convoluted approach. This rag is sampurna - sampurna with Ga as the vadi and Ni as the samvadi. Here are its overall characteristics:

AROHANA

AVAROHANA

JATI

sampurna - sampurna

TIME

Sunset

THAT

Purvi That

PAKAD

DRONE

Sa-Pa

TILAK KAMOD

by David Courtney, Ph.D.

DESCRIPTION

The structure of Tilak Kamod is quite pleasant. Some musicians maintain that the vadi is Sa and the samvadi is Pa. Others claim that Re is the vadi. It is Shadav-Sampurna due to the omission of Dha in the arohana. It is performed in the second part of the night.

This rag is usually attributed to Khammaj That. However, most subtraditions within Northern India show a conspicuous absence of any Komal Ni. Its structure places it squarely in Bilawal that. It is with great reluctance that we bow to tradition and place this in Khammaj that.

AROHANA

AVAROHANA

JATI

Shadav - Sampurna

TIME

Second part of the night

THAT

Khammaj That (by tradition), Bilawal That (de facto)

PAKAD

DRONE

Sa - Pa

Originally posted by: ankita31

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Ankita save the documents in your PC. Thats what we all do and then read it at leasure. You can just copy paste the posts in word.

👏👏👏 Wow.. what a great topic....but need a bit of time to read through....Thank you didi for starting the topic....