Ustad Rais Khan - Charukeshi

Rais Khan is the torchbearer of the Mewat or Mewati Gharana of Indore and the "beenkar baj gayaki ang" (singing style combined with rudra vina approach) of Rais Khan's father Mohammed Khan . The latter was a rudra vina (been) player and a sitarist. Despite his extensive meend work and the gandhar pancham sitar style he uses, Rais Khan's alapi, gatkari and gamaki work is different in approach, pacing, and even technique, from the Etawah style. Amongst the Khayal and dhrupad doyens, Rais Khan's gharana is a lineage containing the masters Haddu Khan, Hassu Khan, Bande Ali Khan, Nathan Khan, Babu Khan, Wazir Khan, Waheed Khan, Murad Khan, Latif Khan, Majid Khan, Nazeer Khan, Amanat Khan and Rajab Ali Khan of Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India.

As Rais Khan's mother was a singer and his father was a beenkar, a unique combination of khayal (the most popular classical vocal style), dhrupad (the older and most orthodox classical form) and thumri (lyrical semi-classical form) - 'angs' (approaches) developed in his playing
Incidentally Ustad Vilayat Khan is the maternal uncle of Ustad Rais Khan.

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