Ahir bhairav

Ahir bhairav is a Hindustani classical raga. Its a mixture of Bhairav and the ancient but now rare raga Ahiri or Abhiri. [Bor 1999] or a mixture of Bhairav and Kafi [Kaufmann 1968, p.250]

= Theory =

Arohana & Avarohana

Arohana

S r G m P D n S'

Avarohana

S' n D P m G r S

Key:
S, R, G, m, P, D, N: shuddha (natural); r, g, d, n : komal (flat); M: teevra (sharp)

Pa and Sa are sometimes avoided in ascending [Arohan] .. The descend can be direct, but is often expressed as S' n D P m, G m ^Gr ~ S with a slight oscillation on komal re to express the character of Bhairav [Bor 1999]

Vadi & Samavadi

Vadi
ma

Samavadi
Sa
But Ga, Pa and Dha are also frequently sustained.

Pakad or Chalan

Organization & Relationships

Also there may be impressions of Kafi, the image of Ahir Bhairav is easily maintained with the characteristic passage ṇ Ḍ ṇ/r~ S [Bor 1999] Specially the characteristic Bhairavi vibrato on komal re. Sometimes shuddha Ni is used in the lower octave to emphazise the Bhairav character. [ Kaufmann 1968, p.251]

The Carnatic music equivalent to this raga is Chakravakam.

Behavior

Ahir Bhairav is typical uttarang raga, which means emphasis is on the upper tetrachord.

Samay (Time)

Dawn, around 4-6AM.

easonality

Certain ragas have seasonal associations.

Rasa

Historical Information

Origins

Important Recordings

Wasif-ud-din Dagar, Music Today Cassette:A97015, (Alap and Composition in Dhamar); 'Chalo sakhi braj raje' [Bagchee 1998]

=Film Songs based on Ahir bhairav=

* PUCHHO NAA KAISE MAINE RAIN BITAAI
* VAKTA KARATAA JO VAFAA AAP HAMAARE HOTE.
* AB TERE BIN JEE LENGE HUM ( ASHIQI, NADIM SHRAVAN)
* SOLA BARAS KI BAALI UMAR KO SALAM
* ALBELA SAJAN AYO RE

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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]

Examples
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sLupo_HH3k Alap on sitar] by Abhik Mukherjee(YouTube)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeT1H80tfP0 from YouYube] by Pandit Jasraj
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpKgMsV0qE ghazal "mein ne jo geet"] from Naushad by Mehendra Kapoor
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAz9uvpZQt0 vocal rendition by] Sanjeev Abhayankar(part 1) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsf1DIs-j8 (part 2)] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzPwxyjlA10 (part 3)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZWYNWqcfx0 Alap on sitar] by Swanand