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Rag Desh :earth_asia: (Version 2: 'Mhara Janam Maran' - Chiranji…
Rag Desh
:earth_asia:
Version 1: Anoushka Shankar (sitar)
Instruments
Sitar
Tabla
Structure
Alap
Slow and unmetred
Unaccompanied sitar improvises
Some decoration to melody
Gat 1
Sitar plays fixed composition
Flourishes and ornaments in melody
Medium tempo
Tabla enters playing
Jhaptal
tala (10 beats)
Gat 2
Faster tempo
Tabla switches to
Tintal
tala (16 beats)
Jhalla
Drone strings used on sitar
Piece ends with a
Tihai
(phrase played thrice ending on the first beat of the cycle)
Version 2: 'Mhara Janam Maran' - Chiranji Lal Tanwar
Instruments
Voice
Tabla
Sarangi
Sarod
Pakhawaj
Cymbals
Structure
Alap
Free time
Sarod, then singer, vocalise melody based on notes of raga
Bhajan
Fixed composition
Sarod and sarangi play soso passages between verses
Tabla enters playing
Keherwa
tala (8 beats)
Song in verse form - first line used as a refrain (chorus)
Dynamics and tempo increase - cymbals play more frequently
Hindu devotional song from Rajasthan - tells of the arrival of Lord Krishna in the morning
Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer and Steve Gorn
Instruments
Bansuri
Tabla
Esraj (similar to sarangi - longer neck, frets)
Tambura
Structure
Alap
Slow and unmetred
Bansuri enters - explores notes of raga
Drone established by tambura on C and G
Gat 1
Bansuri plays lyrical unaccompanied melody
Both players embellish upon their original patterns
Slow tempo
Tabla enters playing
Rupak
tala (7 beats)
Gat 2
Faster tempo
Tabla switches to
Ektal
tala (12 beats)
Bansuri plays elaborate melody with fast scale passages (tans) and slides
Finishes with several
Tihais
- drone continues after melody ends
General
Traditionally played at night
known as a 'monsoon' rag
'Rag' refers to the notes used in a piece (similar to a scale in Western music)
Note names:
:one: Sa
:two: Re
:three: Ga (omitted on ascent)
:four: Ma
:five: Pa
:six: Dha (omitted on ascent)
:seven: Ni (flattened on descent)