Rag

Bhairavi Ali Akbar Khan

Overall Structure 0-4:38 alap 4:38-11:40 first piece 11:47-end a khyal (song) transformed into a basis for an improvisation Alap 0:00 not part of the piece, just tuning up! 0:18 begins to work with the notes da - ni - SA - ri 0:33 adds the note ga 0:45 first introduction of the note Pa (4th) - but just briefly 1:00 goes lower than the low da 1:07 a hint at Pa, but it's actually a bend up from Ma! 1:14 first fully articulated Pa, but only lasts for a second 1:20 section contrasting Pa, then Ma 1:48 first time seriously spent on Pa; notes Da and ni slowly introduced 2:15 first time the flat Pa (flat 5th) is introduced 2:27 nice settling back to low Sa 2:33 new phrase focusing on high ni (the samavadi pitch) 2:55 first time actually reaching high sa and going over high sa. 3:10 a lot of high Ga (remember ga is the vaadi pitch) 3:48 phrases using the whole scale over several octaves; these are now possible since the vaadi, samavadi, and high sa have been established. 4:00 flat ma (flat 4th) - "showing srutis" First Song 4:38 JOR SECTION begins with gat p1, 4:50 p2, 4:52 p1 4:58 p3 5:14 gat p1-2 again 5:28 first improvisation: da ni SA ri ga ma pa(flat) 6:15 gat p1 6:28 2nd improvisation: ma PA da ni 6:55 gat p1 7:10 3rd improvisation: high SA (up to hi ga) 7:52 descent to low SA 8:00 tihai (ni SA ri, ni sa ri, ni sa ri) -simple/strong 8:02 gat p1 8:18 4th improvisation (low, with showing srutis) 8:18 showing srutis - flat MA (Again at 8:33) - in this raga, this is called "pakad" 8:50 showing srutis chromaticism 9:05 tihai (unclear, ending is a bit muddled) 9:10 gat p1: very short hint of a jhala section (gat becomes support to tabla)

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9:28 5th improvisation (high sa, up to sa2) 10:25 gat p1 - JHALA SECTION actually begins, gat becomes support to tabla obviously faster tempo - note the density of tabla increases 10:57 improvisation in jhala section, faster rhythmic playing 11:25 clear strong tihai 11:30 gat p1 11:40 unexpected ending Second Song (Kyhal) 11:47 begin of a new gat; new JOR SECTOIN; 2 part melody, we only hear the 2nd part here at the beginning. 12:13 double tihai (6 times through thing) 12:20 gat#2 begins but doesn't complete 12:23 improvisation 1 in new gat 12:47 tihai 12:51 gat#2 13:02 improvisation 2 13:27 gat#2 13:37 improvisation 3 14:04 tihai 14:10 gat#2 14:15 improvisation 4 14:25 short tiahi 14:28 gat #2 14:32 switch to fast rhythmic style of playing to end

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