Hindol

Hindol is a Hindustani classical raga from the Kalyan Thaat.
According to Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj, Hindol is an ancient raga associated with the spring season and is sung during the first part of the day.

Origin

The raga emerges from Kalyan Thaat. It is an ancient raga associated with the spring season.

Technical description

Arohana

The Arohana has 7 notes.
Sa Ga Ma# Dha Ni Dha Sa.

Avarohana

The Avarohana has five notes.
Sa Ni Dha Ma# Ga Sa.
Re and Pa are not used. The only Teevra note used is Ma. All other swaras are shuddha.

Pakad

Sa Ga Ma# Dha Ni Dha Ma# Ga Sa.
The vadi swara is Dha, and the samvadi is Ga.

Jati

Audhva – Audhav

Samay (time)

The raga is to be sung or played on an instrument such as veena, sitar, sehnai, flute, etc., during the first part of the day.

The raga has Teevra Madhyam at its heart, and revolves around that note, resting on Dha or Ga. A prominent movement in Hindol is the gamak, heavy and forceful oscillations particularly using Ma# and Dha. Its structure and phrasing is the imitation of a swing, hence the name Hindol. The Ni in the avarohana is very weak, and in most compositions, it is used obliquely or often entirely avoided. The mostly pure classical genre of music like Khayals or Dhamars are composed in this raga.