Also called Bairaagi Bhairav, this is comparatively a new raga. There are several versions of this raga. The scale of the most popular form is very much like Revati, a Carnatic raga.
Thhaat (parent scale)
Bhairav
Jaati:
Audav (pentatonic; 5 notes in both ascent and descent )
Vaadi:
Madhyam (M)
Samvaadi:
Shadja (S)
Swaras:
Komal Rishabh and Nishaad
Aaroh (ascent):
S r M P n S’ (Western Notes: C C# F G A# C)
Avaroh (descent)
S’ n P M r S (Western Notes: C A# G F C# C)
Key phrases:
Sn.P.S, n.r S, S r M r S, MP n PM, r M P n S’, n r’ S’, S’ n P, n n P M r, n. r S
Time:
Morning
Very widely sung and played in Kirana, Patiala and Senia gharanas, this raga offers piety steeped in pathos, especially in vilambit vistaar (slow elaborations).
Bibliography
1. Abhinav Geetanjali by Pandit Ram Ashreya Jha
2. The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India
Links
1. Ustad Amir Khan (vocal)
2. Ustad Munawar Ali Khan (vocal)
3. Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar)
4. Pandit Ramnarayan (sarangi)
Sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan plays an alap, Jhaptal vilambit gat, and Ektaal drut gat in Raag Bairagi, an early morning Raag not often performed on sitar.
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