Flashcards
Rag Bhairav
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1Describe the instrumentation in Rag Bhairav.Sarangi: 3 string instrument, 35 sympathetic strings, played with bow and player stops strings with fingernails to add to complexity of the instrument.
Tampura: fretless, string instrument, 4-5 strings tuned to notes of the rag, plays the drone.
Tabla: 2 drums, bayan - bigger drum, dayan - smaller drum, circular black spot in the middle to enhance the bell like tone, played with fingers, heel and palm of hands. - 2Describe the texture of Rag Bhairav.The opening is a 2 part texture with a drone on the tampura and a melody on the sarangi. Sarangi sometimes plays 2 note chords and the resonance of the strings thickens texture. Line 19 as tabla join and now there is rhythmic pattern on tabla, drone on tampura and melody on sarangi.
- 3Describe the structure of Rag Bhairav.Alap - lines 1-13: slow, meditative section, gradually reveals notes of rag, free time.
Jhor - lines 14-18: short linking section with stronger sense of pulse and medium tempo.
Jhala - lines 19-end: tabla now joined, speed and virtuosity/complexity of the melody gradually increase. - 4Describe the tonality of Rag Bhairav.Not used in the same way as Western tonality, emphasis on aschal swaras (Sa and Pa) and vadi and samvadi (De and Re), tabla tuned to match sarangi so that the Sa's match.
- 5Describe the harmony of Rag Bhairav.Double stopping on the sarangi creates a sense of harmony, the drone creates occasional dissonance and interacts with the melody.
- 6Describe the melody in Rag Bhairav giving bar numbers where appropriate.Largely improvised around the rag, meend occurs on line 3, vadi is highlighted more than the samvadi in the first 5 lines, alap largely focusses on Sa and Dha, climax of the alap is lines 14-15 where the highest sa is reached and there is a series of rapid scalic patterns, lots of ornamentation in the jhalla, melodic climax in lines 26-28, piece unwinds to focus on the Sa.
- 7Describe the rhythm and metre in Rag Bhairav.The opening alap has no metre, the piece increased in rhythmic excitement as it goes on, rapid scale movement occurs on lines 14-15, more complex rhythmic patterns occur as the piece goes on, the tabla plays a tal which is a recurring rhythmic cycle.
Information
- Description
- A2 Music Flashcards on Rag Bhairav, created by Aimee Manning on 14/05/2017.
- Created by
- Aimee Manning
- Views
- 1
- Rating
More on Ragas and Raga Structure