Jog (raga)
Jog is a Raga in Hindustani classical music. It is one of the more popular ragas appearing often in films. Sometimes, experts assign this raga to be a member of Kafi thaat. In Carnatic music, raga Nata is similar to Jog.
Structure
Raga Jog omits the second and the sixth intervals, Ri and Dha, making it pentatonic, or Audav in nature. In ascending, it uses Shuddha Ga, and in descending, it uses Komal Ga. It takes Raga Tilang for its base which itself is derived from Khamaj thaat.The Arohana is: Sa Ga Ma Pa ni Sa'
The Avarohana is: Sa' ni Pa Ma Ga Ma ga Sa
In the notes of the Western scale in the key of C, these roughly correspond to C, E, F, G, B, C; C, B, G, F, E, F, E, C.
Time of the day
The raga is played during the late evening :2nd Prahar of the night,
Ratri ka Dwitiya Prahar
Notable recordings in raga Jog
- Pramadhavanam by Raveendran Master in the 1990 Sibi Malayil film His Highness Abdullah,
- Dil Se Re by A R Rahman in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Dil Se..
- Ravi Shankar on his 1956 album Three Ragas,
- Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain,
- Ali Akbar Khan & L Subramanian.
- Jnan Prakash Ghosh in 'Dhan Jo Ban Nadi Naav Sanjog' popularised by Pt. Ajay Chakravarty and Kaushiki Chakravarty
- Namo Namo Bharatambe, a patriotic classical song written by Swami Ramanacharanathirtha, and composed and rendered in this raga by Kuldeep M Pai