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Rag Desh
Cards in this deck (6)
- 1Rag Desh1)Chiranji Lal Tanwar
2)Steve Gorn and Benjy Wertheimer
3)Anoushka Shankar - 2Instrumentation1)Sarod, Sarangi, Pakhawaj, Tabla, Cymbols.
2)Shruti Box, Swarmandel, Esraj, Bansuri, Tabla.
3)Sitar, Tabla. - 3Rhythm1)8 Beat Tal- Keherwa Tal
2)7 Beat Tal- Rupak Tal and 12 Beat Tal- Ektal
3)10 Beat Tal- Jhaptal and 16 Beat Tal- Tintal - 4Structure- 1)Alap:
- The Sarangi and then the voice introduce the notes of the rag.
- The tempo is slow and there is no regular beat or pulse.
Bhajan:
- The Tabla comes in and plays the Keherwa Tal (2 + 2 + 2 + 2).
- There is then a sung verse.
- Following the sung verse are short solos for the Sarangi and the Sarod.
- Chiranji Lal Tanwar decorates the important words of the piece with ornaments and mellisma. - 5Structure- 2)Alap:
- The Alap starts with a drone on the notes D and A.
- The Bansuri then introduces the mood and the notes of the rag.
- The Erraj then takes over.
- The tempo is slow and there is no regular beat or pulse.
Gat:
- The Gat begins with a Bansuri solo.
- About 30 seconds after the beginning of the Gat, the Tabla enters.
- The Bansuri starts to play the composed Gat shortly after the Tabla enters.
- The Bansuri an Tabla both improvise things around the Gat and the Tal.
- The section ends on a final Tihal (repetition of a rhythmic pattern).
Gat 2:
- This is a fast Gat in Ektal (12-beat cycle of 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2).
- This section starts with a Tabla solo.
- The improvisations become more elaborate and virtuosic.
- The Bansuri plays Tans (fast scales).
- The piece ends with 3 Tihais. - 6Structure- 3)Alap
- This section is played by the Sitar only.
- It is slow with no regular beat or pulse.
- The melodic line is decorated with slides and pitch bends which are called meends.
Gat
- The Tabla enters a few seconds after the Gat begins.
- The Sitar plays a fixed composition in a moderate tempo.
- The Sitar and the Tabla improvise.
- The tempo increases towards the end of this piece.
Jhalla
The music is fast and virtuosic.
- The Sitar strings are strummed to create rhythmic excitement.
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