Raga Bhopali

Bhopali, also known as Bhoop or Bhupali, is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a pentatonic scale (uses 5 notes in ascending and descending scale).

The Carnatic music equivalent for this raga is Mohanam.

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

The scale of "Bhopali" uses only "Shuddh" swaras.
*Arohana : Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Sa
*Avarohana : Sa Dha Pa Ga Re Sa

Vadi & Samavadi

Vadi
Gandhar - Ga (here-after G but not to be confused with note G of western music notations)

Samavadi
Dhaivat - Dha (here-after D but not to be confused with note D of western music notations)

Pakad or Chalan

The Pakad (catchphrase that helps to identify a raga) is:

S R G R S D1 S R G

or:

S R G R S D1 S R G P G D P G R S

Some chalans (or elaborations of the pakad) are:

1. S R G R S D1 S R G
2. S R G R S D1 P1
3. P1 D1 S R G R G
4. S R P G
5. G R S R G P
6. G P D P D D S’
7. P G P D P D S’ R’ G’ R’ G’
8. G’ R’ S’ D P G R S

Organization & relationships

Raga Bhopali belongs to the Kalyan Thaat.

Related ragas: List related ragas here, making each raga a link with .

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)

Evening time.

easonality

Certain ragas have seasonal associations.

Rasa

Historical Information

Origins

Important Recordings

E ri Aaj Bhaeelawa
Jab Se Tumi San Lagali - Kishori Amonkar
Sahela Re - Kishori Amonkar

References

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.

External 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]