[Alapana] Raga Puriya

Raga Alapana in Raga Puriya on Chandraveena

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Cover Notes:

Here I present a Raga Alapana in Raga Puriya on Chandraveena.

This performance is accompanied by a very unique drone (Tanpura) accompaniment track. This drone track is synthesized from a project called PureTones (https://puretones.sadharani.com). It has been microtonally adjusted to precisely suit the scale of the Raga.

Program Notes

Alap in Raga Puriya

Raga Alapana is an improvisation and a systematic presentation of a Raga. This part has no rhythmic accompaniment. Usually, it has three parts - Alap, Jod and Jhala. This format is also known as Ragam and Tanam.

Here are some notes about the Raga and the Tala.

Raga - Puriya

Scale - Sa re Ga Ma Dha Ni

Family - Puriya

Melakarta - Vikrit (Dha) Janya Raga of Kamavardhini (Sa re Ga Ma Pa dha Ni)

Prahar - 4th and 5th prahar (equivalent to 3 PM - 9 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 in the scale above. Notes written fully in lower case are called Komal (or flat) notes. E.g., re above. Sa and Pa are always written with a capitalized first letter.

Vikrit Janya Raga

A vikrit raga is a derived (Janya) scale from a Melakarta in which a note has been modified. In this case, komal Dhaivat of Melakarta Kamavardhini has been sharpened to Tivra Dhaivat. Kamavardhini is also popularly known as Pantuvarali. Please note that Pantuvarali is not to be confused with another popular Melakarta Raga Shubhapantuvarali (Sa re ga Ma Pa dha Ni). The difference in the two scales being in the third note, Gandhar.

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.

For a detailed description of the Raga, read my blog post: https://www.chandraveena.com/blog/r14...

Artist

Chandraveena - S Balachander

Production

Sadharani Music Works - https://www.sadharani.com

00:00 Alap in Raga Puriya
26:00 Jod in Raga Puriya
39:30 Jhala in Raga Puriya

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