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Rag Rageshree

Based on Khamaj thata (G Mode), evening rag Rageshree is pentatonic in ascent  i.e. with re (2nd)  and pa (5th) varjit  = prohibited and hexatonic in descent with pa varjit (prohibited 5th) and vakra re (2nd always taken in ga ma re sa (E F D, C i.e. 3 4 2, 1)  fashion). As pa (5th) is absent, basic chord is sa ma dha i.e. 146

Aroh is : dha ni sa, ga ma dha ni sa 

6 7m 1, 3 4 6 7m 1

Avaroh : sa ni dha ma ga ma re sa

1 7m 6 4 3 4 2, 1 never take 4321 but 43421

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Rag Rageshree

Amjad Ali Khan (sarod) 19:58 - Alap, madhyalaya teental, drut teental

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (vocal) 28:39 - A jhoomra (14 beats cycle divided 3/4/3/4) composition

Kishori Amonkar (vocal) 12:55 - Drut ektal.

Nazakat Ali & Salamat Ali Khan (vocal) 22:48 - The mythic vocal duet

And more outstanding Rageshree on the site !

Listening to outstanding archives - especially vocal music -  is the only way to go deeper into rags knowledge and understanding !

Amir Khan (vocal) vilambit teental 15:05

Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar) 41:03

And ... one more thing !

A 06:35 fantastic version of Ramdasi Malhar magistrally sung by S.N. Ratanjankar, accompanied on violin by the great V.G. Jog. A 78 rpm treasure for connoiseurs ! An EPE (45rpm) disc. Reference 7 EPE-58

What's been goin' on for last 3 months ? What's in for you ?

Since december, I have been working on a pretty huge audio/video FileMaker Pro database (14694 records, 222 fields, 43 layouts, 395 scripts) and that didn't leave me a minute to even dream of preparing a NewsLetter. Why am I telling all that to you ? Because, by ricochet, that brings you a real improvement to the site navigation.

Browsing down site HomePage, you'll find that essential article "Indian Music Archives - Musique Indienne - Patrick Moutal's Site"... in which all Indian Music audio/video content is listed in 2 pdf (sorted by rags and artists). They are naturally updated everytime new recordings come in.

An essential information has been added which should drastically facilitate browsing Indian Music audio/video : their http address... So, open the pdf, click on a web link corresponding to the wanted recording and there you are ! it brings you right in ! Oops ! Remember to log in to have access to whole site content  !

TOTAL AUDIO-VIDEO ARCHIVES LIST

Liste des 834 enregistrements de musique indienne au 04/04/14, sur un total des 986 documents audio et video (sans compter les presque 1 000 photos présentes sur le site). 2 pdf sont disponibles : Triés par rags et par artistes.

List of the 834 indian music recordings available on the site on april 4, 2014, out of a total of 986 miscellaneous records (without taking into account the almost 1 000 pictures present on the site).

Order the books ! They are the best friends of orality ! 

LIVRE ROUGE !!!

Hindustani Raga Sangita : Mécanismes de base de la musique classique du Nord de l'Inde.

Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée. 232 pages (french).

ISBN 978-2-9541244-0-7

26€ TTC (frais de port en sus)

Un véritable «comment ça marche» de la musique du Nord de l'Inde.

Ce livre est un must pour tous les amoureux francophones de la musique indienne ! Il fourmille d'explications sur ce que sont les rags, leur structure de développement, les cycles rythmiques, la fabrication des métriques etc. Que vous soyez un musicien, un étudiant de musique indienne ou un amateur, ce livre vous sera vraiment utile et  balaiera un nombre certain de notions erronées sur le sujet. Lisez le sommaire, quelques extraits sur le site et commandez votre copie si cela n'est pas déjà fait !

Comparative Study of Hindustani Ragas (v.I)

Volume I. Revised and Augmented version. Paperback. 472 pages.

Out of the taxonomy of Hindustani repertoire, 74 raga-s have been described in detail. They pertain to 5 anga-s "families":Kalyan, Sarang, Bhairav, Gauri and Kanada. Remaining are miscellaneous raga-s. Like for my other books, Hindi svarlipi (music notation) has been used ! But, by now, you should be quite familiar with it  ;-) 

Have a look to the pdf showing Contents and small excerpts . It may be ordered from the site. 

ISBN 978-2-9541244-2-1

32€ (shipping charges extra / port en sus)

Hindustani Raga-s Index

Major bibliographical references (descriptions, compositions, vistara-s) on North Indians Raga-s

Revised and augmented version. Paperback. 296 pages

This book is a BIBLIOGRAPHY...No rag descriptions, no compositions !

This work will prove quite useful to all musicians, scholars and students who need to consult the main contemporary texts on raga-s descriptions, compositions and melodic movements. Browsing through the many tables of contents of these works in order to extract required information, is a time consuming activity and it will be a tremendous time-saver for consultation.

It covers 3 260 bibliographical references of 704 names of raga-s found in 37 devanagari texts in 86 volumes by 23 major authors on Hindustani music.

ISBN 978-2-9541244-3-8

26€ (shipping charges extra / port en sus)

Go read and order ! 

Hindustani Gata-s Compilation

Instrumental themes in North Indian Classical Music

First Edition. Paperback. 372 pages.

454 gat-s on 164 rag-s.

They come from miscellaneous sources : late Pandit Lal Mani Misra, Dr. K.C. Gangrade and his past masters (Ustad Rustam Khan, Pandit Dinkar Rao Patwardhan, Pandit Shankar Rao Telang), doctorate of sitar compositions I wrote, themes by various instrumentalists and a few transcribed vocal bandishes. They have all been written in Bhatkhandeji's svaralipi - music notation system - the only suitable way to write down Indian Music. It will be very fast and fun (hardly 1/2 an hour), for non Hindi readers, to learn the mere 12 symbols needed to decode the whole compilation. Could you dream of writing a sonata or a jazz theme in Indian notation ?

Rush to the site article and order your copy !

Cet ouvrage présente 454 gata-­s ou thèmes instrumentaux sur 164 raga-­s. Ils proviennent de diverses sources : Pandit Lal Mani Misra, de Dr. K. C. Gangrade, de ses anciens maîtres, mes propres thèmes composés pour le doctorat de sitar, etc. Ils sont écrits dans le système de Pandit Bhatkhande (svarlipi), le seul parfaitement adapté à la notation de la musique de l’Inde. Son apprentissage est ludique et facile : il suffit de mémoriser 12 signes (7 notes de musique et 5 signes de métrique correspondant aux mouvements du plectre ou de l’archet) ! Heu ... rêveriez-vous d'écrire une sonate ou un thème de jazz en notation indienne ? Enfin, pas besoin d'avoir une agreg d'anglais pour comprendre le texte, essentiellement composé de thèmes.

Le seul véritable challenge pour le lecteur sera de donner vie à ces squelettes de thèmes. Pour ce faire, il devra se remémorer les caractéristiques du raga. Alors seulement, le thème sera pleinement représentatif, les improvisations seront « dedans » et le raga deviendra un être mélodique vivant. Heu ... rêveriez-vous d'écrire une sonate ou un thème de jazz en notation indienne ?

Allez lire le sommaire, quelques extraits et dépéchez vous de commander votre exemplaire sur le site !

ISBN 978-2-9541244-1-4

28€ (shipping charges extra /frais de port en sus)

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