[Alapana] Shades of Noon - Raga Shuddha Sarang

Raga Shuddha Sarang on Chandraveena by S Balachander

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Cover Notes:

This is a complete recording of Raga Alapana in Raga Shuddha Sarang.
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Raga Alapana in Shuddha Sarang

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

Here are some notes about the Raga.

Raga - Shuddha Sarang

Scale - Sa Re ma Ma Pa Dha Ni

Family - Sarang

Melakarta - Varjita Bhashanga Janya Raga of Mechakalyani (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni)

Prahar - 3rd and 4th (equivalent to 12 PM - 6 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., Re above. Notes written fully in lower case are called Komal (or flat) notes E.g., ma above. Sa and Pa are always written with a capitalized first letter.

Bhashanga Raga

A Janya (or derivative) Raga of a Melakarta which uses a note outside of the Melakarta notes. In this raga, ma (Komal Madhyam) is outside of Kalyani (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni).

Varjita Raga

A Varjita Raga of a Melakarta drops one or more notes from the parent scale. In this case, Ga is dropped from the original scale.

Janya Raga

A Janya Raga is a derivative Raga from a parent Melakarta scale. The Janya Raga could be Audav (pentatonic), Shadav (hexatonic) or Sampoorna (heptatonic).

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.

Credits

Artist

Chandraveena - S Balachander

Production

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


Chapters:
00:00 Raga Alapana in Raga Shuddha Sarang
28:42 Jod in Raga Shuddha Sarang
43:26 Jhala in Raga Shuddha Sarang

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