Discussion on Ragas Bhatiyar and Bhankhar with Audio Samples
In this article we shall discusstwo Ragas Bhatiyar andBhankhar.They share many similar
features, such as, both share the same scale- SrGMmPDN, include ShuddhaMadhyama
in addition to notes of MarwaThata, share the same time of presentation 4 a.m. to
7 a.m.,share the phrases mDS’’, PGrS, Nyasa swaras as S and P; and subtledifferences
are Vadiis Madhyama, Nyasa on M, S-D sangati, ShuddhaMadhyama is more dominant,
phrases SD, DPM, SM, MPG, S’’ N r’’ NDP, M, PG, PGrS in Bhatiyarand Vadi is P, Nyasa
on G, mD and PG sangati,TeevraMadhyama is more dominant and phrases ‘NSGMP, MP,G,
mDmG, r’’ ND, m,G, PG, rS are used frequently in Bhankhar.
Audios of following Ragas which share the same scale are available on the web site:
BhatiyariBhairav, Stress on Bhatiyar, phrase of BhairavGMrS is used;
KedarBhankhar, Stress on Bhankhar, phrases of Kedar SM, MGP, DPM are used;
KusumKedar, stress on Kedar, Phrase DPrSrS is added to introduce KomalRishabh;
LalatBahar, Stress on Lalat, Shades of Bahar and Nand;
PurabiKalyan, a combination of Poorvi in Poorvang and Kalyan in Uttaranga;
SohaniBhatiyarTypeI, SohaniBhatiyarTypeII, SohaniPancham and Vihang.
Please listen to Audio samples of Pt. LakshmanPrasadJaipurwale (Raga Bhatiyar) and
Pandit K G Ginde (Raga Bhankhar) presented here to illustrate the melody structures
of the two Ragas.
(Excerpts from Lecture-Demo of Pt. K G Ginde- kind courtesy Shri Ajay Ginde)
{Audio samples of Shri ShaileshMavinkurve –disciple of Pt. Ramesh Nadkarni- (Raga
Bhatiyar)and Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur (Raga Bhankhar) are available on the web site.}
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