What is a rāgā? A rāgā is a set of musical frequencies delivered in a specific order and scale which is capable of eliciting specific moods related to that particular set of frequencies. Does this definition seem too crude to you? in cornball voice, a rāgā is a string of musical notes capable of touching your soul. In Sanskrit, a rāgā means passion. It is an exceptional attribute of Indian classical music. Just like a set of lines drawn in a specific way is capable of creating a beautiful picture, specific notes are capable of giving birth to melodious music. There are rāgās specific to the seasons and timing of a day. In this article, we are going to plug into morning rāgās which are sung well after the sun is up. (Time: 8-10 am)
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Late Morning Rāgās and Associated Songs
Alhiya Bilawal
The sun is up and there are cheers in the air. The day has begun with the promises of hope. There is an exuberance of joy everywhere. This rāgā expresses pure, unadulterated joy. The whole universe is happy and replete with exhilaration without a reason. The mountains are calling and you must go. You don't have to walk on your knees a hundred miles through the desert in search of land of happiness. Look at that little tuft of grass growing through the cracks in the stone. The world is ever ready to offer itself to your imagination. Look at the sky, look at the brooks, let your eyes feast on the bountiful nature. You will feel that God wants to see you happy. This thought should make you happy. Don't be ashamed to weep while you rejoice and don't feel ashamed to smile when you cry, be innocent like a child.There is no place for grief and worry. Alhiya Bilawal is all about the lightness of mood.
Bhupali and Deshkar
Both of these early morning rāgās are close affiliates. They are contemplative, they are philosophical. They express life in a composed and metaphysical manner, but they are not resigned, they are spontaneous. Life is never perfect and a slight disagreement seems obvious while accepting the fact that it is going to remain so, for keeps and always. One ought to learn to be happy while learning to live with the imperfections of life. One should never think that tomorrow will be a new day without any imperfections. If you wish to enjoy freedom, there should be freedom for making mistakes and accepting the mistakes of others as well. This is what makes life a little insecure, however defeat, disappointment and despair are the tools life uses to show the way. Both these rāgās provide proper notes to explicate these moods.
Asawari
The heart is filled with love and devotion for someone but then why doesn't my beloved respond? It is filled with so much tenderness and flowing with so much compassion. There is uncertainty, this longing may not be answered at this very moment but, yes, hope is keeping it alive. Someday, sometime, my avid yearning will be acknowledged. Will my love story find a perfect ending? I am given to sing only such songs which don't rhyme and those stories which don't end on a happy note. My dreams and I are growing apart, moment by moment. I don't care for my outward appearance, I wish my soul be healed from thy one glance and a soft smile.
Rāgā Asawari articulates such feelings so perfectly and delicately.Todi
The singer of Todi is very serious about life! He is not satisfied with the way the world is reacting. He has a lot of expectations from the world. This unsatisfied grief finds a good expression in Todi. It is very difficult to say whom the soul is singing for. He is singing, probably, to himself, to the moon and stars or to no one. His petition finds an echo from beyond the horizon, he is satisfied with it! Todi outlines a lonely heart which is prepared to walk the path of love without giving in to despair. It is eternally hopeful. The soul echoes every time it longs for love - I'll find you! There is no place on this earth or heaven you can hide from me. I love every part of you, every thought and word. I love being the answer to every question my heart could ask. And if I die in your love, a part of me will always remain with you.... Todi is so full of tenderness, it is so soulful and yet so lonely.
Sohini
The wind blows, the water flows and life goes on with its ups and downs. This rāgā expresses wavering, uncertain nature of life with a wishful shade to the narration. Isn't it a great punishment to burn with desire and keep quiet all the time? Once upon a time the heart lay frozen because there was no desire in it. It was a tragedy. Ever since it started to desire someone, it is double tragedy. Every little movement occurring in nature, like falling down of a leaf from a tree or a remote call of a bird, seems to magnify it. A heart eager to share its battered state with someone will find a perfect expression in Sohini.
Nat Bhairav
My heart hurts and it wants to pour out. It pours out with credence that it will be heard and sympathized with. Its lamentful narration needs recognition. No worries, it will be back to its mirthful ways once its grievance is reciprocated. Little assurance and relief is expected to come naturally. There is a perpetual regret looming around that the heart is being ignored when it was so much invested in love. Fears are being pushed around. Rather, the heart desires to be led by dreams. It desires to live a life full of passion, prayer and magic. Nat Bhairav is in line for the prayer which expresses a hope that things will work out for once and everything will be fine once again.
Miyan Ki Todi
Miyan ki todi takes life very seriously and philosophically. He has lost his faith in humanity which lacks character, morality and conscience. Outright dislike would have been preferred to this neglect and indifference. He is baffled by this unheralded behavior of humans. He has a lot of questions to ask who would be able to solve them. He turns to God who allows these crooked ways to govern life. He is not satisfied with the way the strongest and the wisest rule here. He is searching for ways to restore his faith in humanity. He is searching for the faith which is so essential for survival, the faith which is a necessity and not a luxury. After all, the essence of being human is to embrace humanity, destroy walls and build bridges.
Jaunpuri
Jaunpuri best expresses the intense anguish of the heart in a gentle manner. The intensity of feelings runs through and through. It may be an intense longing while remembering someone or an intense longing to forget someone or an intense longing to dedicate oneself to someone. This intensity may lead a soul to total frustration or towards revival of new hopes. He understands that a life of hardship and suffering is unavoidable. He must either learn to endure with smiles or suffer in silence. Languishing in the black hole of despair or in the vortex of the void has become unbearable for the heart. No act of escape will save him from the battering ram which is bent upon inflicting pain after pain. Silent weeping is best expressed by Janupuri.
Gurjari Todi
A shade of nostalgic sadness accompanies the expression of Gurjari Todi all along. Time won't pass so easily because the mind has turned pensive. It knows that it is missing something or going to miss something very soon and it has to prepare itself for those moments. Will the heart be able to bear those hollow moments? Once upon a time, those were or will be so full of life. But the wheel of time turns so cruelly that these moments keep clinging to the walls of the heart like those lifeless nests hanging on the trees after the birds fly away. Those moments never come back to me again, so let me travel through time to embrace them just to have a glimpse of my longing fulfilled.
Ahir Bhairav
There are a few questions the human mind has not been able to solve and never will be. Those questions are- 'why', 'why not' , 'why me only'. Ahir bhairav has got excellent expressions to voice out these eternal questions. It was really not my fault, but then why did it happen to me? This mystery has squeezed my heart so bad that no answer is going to appease it. Yes, it hurts me without my permission! Have I committed an error? Just speak out, silence would hurt even more. I know I can't escape pain, I want to feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Let me weep, that's probably the only way solace may come.
Charukeshi
When they say that the path of love is the most slippery path, they mean it. This is the path where the eyes are ready to trust the unseen, the ears are ready to believe in the unheard and the mind feels that the path to the temple of love is nothing but a bed of roses. Rāgā Charukeshi takes all these possibilities into consideration, but with a grain of salt. There is a constant fear of separation when united and a constant anticipation of reunion when separated. The heart demands assurance, twice, thrice, a hundred times and still, it is not sure! What is not visible to the eye is visible to the heart and it will always hope for the better. When the heart speaks, the mind may not always agree. The heart has its reasons, what reasons it knows not, perhaps it is always in search of restlessness, on the backdrop of which love will feature most prominently.
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* Golden Melodies on Early Morning Ragas
* Golden Melodies on Early Evening Ragas
* Golden Melodies on Late Evening Ragas
* Golden Melodies on Early Night Ragas
* Golden Melodies on Late Night Ragas
* Golden Melodies based on Raga Pahadi
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