Alhaiya Bilaval

Alhaiya Bilaval is a Hindustani classical raga. It is the most commonly performed raga of a large group of ragas that are mainly based on a scale more or less identical to the western major scale. For this reason, that scale itself is known as the Bilaval Thaat. It is often simply referred to as Bilawal, although in the 17th century Alhaiya and Bilawal may have been separate ragas.[1]

Character

Thaat: Bilawal

Arohana & Avarohana

Arohana
S GR G P ND N S'

Avarohana S' ND hn D P M G MR S

Vadi & Samavadi

Vadi dha

Samavadi ga

Komal Swar: N (Vakra) in Avroh

Varjit Swar: M in Aaroh

Related ragas

Bilawal, Shuddha Bilawal, Devgiri Bilawal, Shukla Bilawal, Kakubh Bilawal[2]

Behavior

Behavior refers to practical aspects of the music. It is complicated to talk about this for Hindustani music since many of the concepts are fluid, changing, or archaic. The following information cannot be accurate, but it can attempt to reflect how the music existed.

Samay (Time)

Morning, around 6AM - 9AM

Seasonality

Certain ragas have seasonal associations.

Rasa

Shaant Ras

References

  1. Bor 1999 p.22
  2. Bor 1999

Literature

Bor, Joep (ed). Rao, Suvarnalata; der Meer, Wim van; Harvey, Jane (co-authors) The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Zenith Media, London: 1999.

External links

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