Alhaiya bilaval

Alhaiya bilaval is a Hindustani classical raga. It's the most commonly performed raga of the large Bilaval group, which mainly includes ragas based on the western major scale. It is often simply referred to as Bilaval, although in the 17^th century Alhaiya and Bilaval may have been separate ragas. [Bor 1999 p.22]

= 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

Arohana
S ^GR G P ^ND N S'

AvarohanaS' ^ND n D P M G ^MR S

Vadi & Samavadi

Vadi

Samavadi

Pakad or Chalan

Organization & Relationships

Related ragas: Bilaval, Shuddha bilaval, Devgiri bilaval, Shukla bilaval, Kakubh bilaval [Bor 1999]

Thaat: Bilaval

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)

Morning, around 9AM-12NOON.

easonality

Certain ragas have seasonal associations.

Rasa

Historical Information

Origins

Important Recordings

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]

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