Hem Bihag

Hem-Behag is a late night (samay) raga in North Indian classical music that was composed by Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan.

Origin

Hem-Behag has principal roots in a more common raga, Bihag. Hem-Behag or Bihag takes aspects of Raga Hemant. The raga centers around shudha Madhyam (vadi) and Ni (samavadi), but this is variable.

Structure

Good sources for listening would be:

  1. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan & Pandit Ravi Shankar Duet performing an Alaap in this raag.
  2. Pandit Nikhil Banerjee [1]

References


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