Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Raag Malkauns

This is a late night soothing pentatonic raga and uses komal ni, komal ga and shuddh ma and does not have ri and pa notes. Carnatic equivalent to this raga is Hindolam.

References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkaush
2. http://www.tanarang.com/english/malkauns_eng.htm
3. http://chandrakantha.com/raga_raag/malkauns/malkosh.html


Performances:

Bansuri:










Saturday, December 10, 2016

Raag Marwa

Raag Marwa is a popular hexatonic evening raga and does not have pa. This is a good raga for beginners to play on Bansuri as you don't have to worry about ma-pa transitions and ma is tivra played with hole fully open but ri  is flat and played with hole partially open.


References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_(raga)
2. http://www.tanarang.com/english/marwa_eng.htm
3. http://chandrakantha.com/raga_raag/marwa/marwa.html





Performances:
Vocal:



Bansuri: