Abhogi raga

Abhogi is a raga that is popular in Carnatic music as well as Hindustani music. Its root is in the 22^nd basic scale (Kharaharapriya raga) of the 72 melakartha of Carnatic music. It is nevertheless a fairly recent raga.

= Theory =

Writing about the musical theory of Indian classical music is fraught with complications. First of all, there have been no set, formal methods of written notation. Indian music is an aural tradition, and therefore writing is not an essential part of attaining talim(knowledge).

Arohana & Avarohana

This represents the scale of the raga.

Arohana (order of ascending notes in the scale): S R G M D s

Avarohana (order of descending notes in the scale): s D M G R S

Listen to the ascending and descending scale of Raga Abhogi:

Vadi & Samavadi

Vadi: Sa

Samavadi: Ma

Jeeva Swaras

G and D

ancharas

GMDS SDRSDMD_ D_SRGRS D_RSDM GMMDDSDRSD_M GMD_MGGRR_ GRSd Rd_S

Pakad or Chalan

Organization & Relationships

Pa and Ni are omitted. Also Re os often omitted in ascent. Flat Ga is often approached from Ma in ascend and has a slight oscillation to show the typical Kanada. In descend often the typical Kanada phrase gMRS is used.
Related ragas: Bageshree. However, Bageshri also includes flat Ni and a limited use of Pa, which gives a different flavour. [Bor 1999]
Thaat: Kafi.

Behavior

Behavior refers to practical aspects of the music. It is complicated to talk about this for Hindustani music since many of the concepts are fluid, changing, or archaic. The following information cannot be "accurate," but it can attempt to reflect how the music existed.

Samay (Time)

Night, approximately 9PM-12AM.

easonality

Certain ragas have seasonal associations.

Effect

Certain Indian ragas are believed to produce effects on the human body or on the environment. Aboghi is said to increase appetite.

Rasa

Historical Information

Abhogi is in hindustani music "recently" [Bor(1999)] borrowed from the classical music of South India.

Origins

Compositions in Abhogi

Musicians who favor Abhogi

G._N._Balasubramaniam (Carnatic vocalist) is known for commencing many of his concerts with the Aboghi varnam, Evari bodhana.

Important Recordings

'Charana Dhare Ayo' in Vilambit Jhaanptaal by Ustad Amir Khan.

References

Literature

Bor, Joep "(ed)." Rao, Suvarnalata; der Meer, Wim van; Harvey, Jane "(co-authors)" "The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas". Zenith Media, London: 1999.

Links

[http://www.itcsra.org/sra_others_samay_index.html SRA on Samay and Ragas]
[http://www.itcsra.org/sra_raga/sra_raga_that/sra_raga_that_index.html SRA on Ragas and Thaats]
[http://www.sawf.org/music/articles.asp?pn=Music Rajan Parrikar on Ragas]
[http://nadhasudharasa.blogspot.com/2007/01/sri-lakshmi-varaham.html Essay on Muthuswami Dikshitar's "Sri Lakshmi Varaham" in the raga Abhogi] ----