Bageshri


Raga Bageshri or Bageshree is a Hindustani raga. It is meant to depict the emotion of waiting for reunion with one's lover. Being a very melodic raga it has gained popularity over the centuries. Like all ragas, Raga Bageshri traces its origins to the Samaveda, a sacred Hindu text with roots that likely date back to around 1500 BCE, though its oral tradition could be much older.
Raga Bageshri is a night time raga, written in Kaafi thaat, Ma Vadi, Sa Samvadi, 5/7 Jati, Hasya Rasa.
In modern days, people like the popular Hindi music director C.Ramchandra favour composing songs in Bageshri, as he found it simple. In a 1978 interview at BBC studios with Mahendra Kaul, he explained this, while playing songs like that were set to Bageshri.

Theory

The theoretical aspects of Bageshri are as follows:

Scale

Vadi & Samavadi

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Organization & Relationships

[Samayā] (Time)

The time for this raaga is .

Carnatic music

Bageshri raga a popular raga. It is derived from the 22nd Melakarta, Kharaharapriya. This raga is a janya raga as it does not have all the seven notes in the ascending scale.

Structure and Lakshana

Bageshri is an asymmetric scale that does not contain panchamam or rishabam in the ascending scale. It is called a audava-sampurna rāgam, in Carnatic music classification. Its structure is as follows :
  • Arohana| :
  • Avarohana| :
This scale uses the notes, and.

Popular compositions

Bageshri is a very melodic raga in Carnatic music. So, even though this scale has been used only in a few krithis, many devaranamas, ashtapadis, thiruppugazhs, and other lyrics have been set to tune in this raga. It is typically sung in concerts after the main piece, in viruttams, padams, bhajans, and ragamalika.
Here are some popular compositions in Bageshri.

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