Raag Bhairav

[avghanekar123]

Bhairav is a self evolved Raga.Listen to it at 5.00 am and i assure you a full satisfaction

[jayashree1948]

it is very melodious . Could you please put up the notes. I am very eager to learn .

[cnumusc118]

@jayashree1948 : If you send me a private message within Youtube I shall be happy to send you some notes.

[salsa838]

Scale work a raag does not make..

[cnumusc118]

@salsa838: Agreed. However, alankars are also an important aspect of the practice of Hindustani music. I hope you will agree that the 'sargam geet'/composition is in fact evoking of the mood of the Raga? Others have told me our rendition, while simple, presents the basic essence of Bhairav.

[salsa838]

@cnumusc118 It is a fair attempt

[vidaripollen]

raga bhairva is an ancient raga associated with lord shiva.very very difficult to play or sing correctly.lots of do s and dont s are there.straight forward running up and down the scale is not correct bhairav.thats why its not much sung.it combines wonder,austere,sensual and by a good musician bhakti and surredder too are evocked.

[cnumusc118]

@vidaripollen : You are correct that Bhairav is a difficult Raga to master. We are sharing here our simple steps at engaging with Bhairav. The 'sargam geet' or 'composition' that we sing is an evoking of the Raga from the Vishnupuri Gharana. Your interpretation might vary. Thanks for your comment.

[vidaripollen]

@cnumusc118 very right.you all sang well.i was just pointing out the greatness of this raga.that s all.you can also try bhoop and alhaiya bilaval.

[phsychofreaky]

I am learning classical music since fe months. I love Rag Bhairav so much though I don't know as I have to learn it. This is a very good video for learning. Thanks for uploading it. Thanks Renuka for sharing this link...

[miracle8magic]

I would like to teach students like these, i teach in los angeles, but hard to find many sincere ones.

[ainwee]

Wah wah, that was soooooo good.

[ANUGATI]

so this bhairav sounds like mayamalavagowlai of carnatic - i have heard other bhairav(hindustani) renditions that sound like sindhu bhairavi in the carnatic scale - are there different flavours of the same raag?(bhairav)

[cnumusc118]

Yes - Bhairav is pretty much the North Indian version of mayamalavagowla. Bhairav is also the name of a That [family of ragas] from which descend various ragas which have some similarities with Bhairav. It turns out 'BhairaVI' is a completely different raga and That that uses different notes.

[spacegoats94]

is this in india or somewhere in england ?am in brighton looking for indian singing lessons

[cnumusc118]

No - these are American college students in Virginia. Did you like the performance? This was the end of a 1 semester course.

[catharticpoet]

very nice presentation of raag bhairon!

[rave808]

It is raag Bhairav...

[catharticpoet]

oh haha whats the difference between bhairon and bhairav? i thought they were they same

[cnumusc118]

I would agree they are the same - Bhairon is a slightly more colloquial way of saying the name.

[cnumusc118]

Thanks! I need to post our Raag Kafi from the Spring Concert.

[ghoshsomali]

very good composition.

[cnumusc118]

Thanks - we composed the Alap ourselves, the bandish was one I learned in India and is in a book by Subinoy Roy (Rabindrasangeet Sadhana).

[phanikumarps]

Excellent effort and nice pick on Raag Bhairav. I felt everyone pitched in beautiful and it sounds really cool as a team composition. I would like to suggest, if I may - would not it be a nice idea to end with a pakad?

[bestlab1996]

Hi, thanks for your comment. My limited understanding of pakad does not include how to include it in a composition? Here is one that I know, but I thought it was more part of an alap sequence? "Ga Ma Ri, Sa, Ni Da Ni Sa Ri Sa". Suggestions welcome.

[Supe2U]

Kudos! Jeeo guru! All the students need to be commended for their chorus presentation. I wish I could have attended the performance.