I have played on my Flute this beautiful melodious song from 1976 Film : CHITCHOR. Song was composed by Maestro Ravindra Jain and was originally sung brilliantly by Yesudas and Hemlata. This song is based on Raga Yaman Kalyan. I call it Yaman Kalyan instead of Raga Yaman, because in AVOROHA it is using SHUDH MA instead of TIVRA MA. Raga Yaman is exactly opposite to Raga Bhairavi where Bhairavi has all Komal Notes or Swaras and Raga Yaman has all SHUDH Notes or Swaras (Except Tivra MA of course).For further clarity for the readers, note that YAMAN, 'MA' is TIVRA in both aroha and avaroha. In Yaman Kalyan, 'ma' is TIVRA in aroha only and not in avaroha.
Most of the Hindi Songs based on Raga Yaman use SHUDH MA in AVAROHA so as make it Yaman Kayan like this CHIT CHOR Song. Some of other outstanding Hindi songs based on Raga Yaman Kalyan are "Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par" from Film Junglee of 1961. "Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhulegi" from Film Barsaat Ki Raat of 1960. "Man Re Tu Kahe Na Dhir Dhare" from the old Film : Chitralekha. Now if you compare all these songs, you will notice that all of these songs use same Bandishi or Pakkad. Bandishi or Pakkad of any given Raga is the set of dominating notes which defines the soul of that Raga. So with comparison of all these songs by humming, you will learn the Bandishi of Raga Yaman Kalyan which will help you in identifying any other song or tune based on Raga Yaman Kalyan. I hope I have given you enough musical exercise. Please place your valuable comment to my Flute Rendition.
Thanks and Regards,
Dr. Kamath
Nice information on Raga Yaman Kalyan and Yaman.
ykakad 7 months ago
@ykakad
WELCOME TO MY CHANNEL. Thanks for the comment. Regards--Dr. Kamath
nrkamath43211 7 months ago
This song sounds nice on your flute Sir. Loved it.
MUKERJEE70 1 year ago
@MUKERJEE70
Dear Debasis,
Thanks for your time to visit and appreciate.
Regards,
Dr. Kamath
nrkamath43211 1 year ago
Gentleman u do one thing. Just send me a solo Flute version of it on my E mail. I mean no Background music and then see what i do. Perhaps U ll say i am better then u in something. Anyway as Usual A MASTER STUFF. So nothing new. :-D. My E mail is drhabibulhassan at yahoo dot com.
drhabibulhassan 1 year ago
@drhabibulhassan
Dear Dr. Hassan,
Thanks. I will send you my Solo Version of same song within next 2 days. I will have to record it again.
Regards,
Dr. Kamath
nrkamath43211 1 year ago