Indian Raga Notes

Defnition of Raag: presented by an artist using the following 4 things

in the rhythm chosen by the singer.
1) The kind of swars included in each Raag are uniue !e.g. "huddha#
$omal# Tee%ra.)
&) 'ow those swars are used in ascending structure which is called as
(aroh and in descending structure which is called as (%aroh.
)) The most prominent swar in the Raag is called *aadi !). "econd
most prominent swar in the Raag is called "am%aadi ! ).
4) The +ukhada !face) or ,akad is a cluster of a few notes by which
Raaga is recogni-able.
.ndian notation
"a Re!k) Re /a!k) /a +a +a!t) ,a Dha!k) Dha 0.!k) 0i
"(
1 b& & b) ) 4 14 2 b3 3 b4 4
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Raag Bhoop
(aroha: "a Re /a ,a Dha "(
1 & ) 2 3 5
(%aroha: "( Dha ,a /a Re "a
5 3 2 ) & 1
Dh
a
D
hi
n
D
hi
n
D
ha
D
ha
D
hi
n
D
hi
n
D
ha
D
ha
Ti
n
Ti
n
Ta
a
Ta
a
D
hi
n
D
hi
n
D
ha
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Sa
G
a
R
e
Sa --
dh
a
Sa Re
Ga
G
a
a
G
a
D
ha
a
G
a
R
e
G
a
G
a
a
R
e
--
G
a
a
D
ha
S!
D
ha
--
R
"
S
!
D
ha
a --
D
ha
S
!
--
D
ha
a
G
a
-- a
Dh
a
a
S
!
D
ha
a
G
a
R
e
Sa
a
G
a
-- a
G
a
R
e
G
a
a
Dh
a
S
!
--
D
ha
S
!
R
"
S
!
--
D
ha
S
!
--
D
ha
S
!
R
"
G
!
--
R"
S
!
G
!
R
"
S
!
D
ha
a --
G
a
a
D
ha
a
D
ha
S
!
R
"
S
!
Dh
a
G
!
R
"
S
!
D
ha
a
G
a
R
e
Raag #a$an
(aroh: ni Re /a +a!t) Dha 0i "(
up 4 & ) 14 3 4 5
(%aroh: "( 0i Dha ,a +a!t) /a Re "a
down 5 4 3 2 14 ) & 1
Dh D D D D D D D D Ti Ti Ta Ta D D D
a
hi
n
hi
n
ha ha
hi
n
hi
n
ha ha n n a a
hi
n
hi
n
ha
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ni
7
D
ha
6
a
5
%
a&
t'
(
4
a
5
G
a
3
%
a&
t'
(
4
D
ha
6
a
5
--
R
e
2
--
G
a
3
R
e
2
Sa
1
--
ni
7
R
e
2
G
a
3
R
e
2
ni
7
R
e
2
Sa
1
--
%a
&t'
(4
D
ha
6
Ni
7
D
ha
6
%
a
(
4
D
ha
6
a
5
--
Ni
7
R
"
2
G
a
3
R
"
2
Ni
7
R
"
2
S
!
1
--
Dh
a
6
Ni
7
D
ha
6
a
5
%
a&
t'
(
4
R
e
2
--
Sa
1
G
a
3
%
a
(
4
D
ha
6
S
!
8
--
S
!
8
S
!
8
S
!
8
Ni
7
D
ha
6
--
Ni
7
R
"
2
--
S
!
1
--
Ni
7
R
"
2
G
!
3
Ni
7
--
R
"
2
D
ha
6
--
Ni
7
%
a&
t'
(
4
--
D
ha
6
Ni
7
D
ha
6
a
5
--
G
a
3
R
e
2
--
G
a
3
%
a&
t'
(
4
D
ha
6
Ni
7
S
!
8
Ni
7
D
ha
6
a
5
%
a&
t'
(
G
a
3
R
e
2
Sa
1
--
4