Rag Desh Flashcards
Rag Desh:
Melody (8 points).
🇮🇳Melody is improvised apart from in gat/bandish.
🇮🇳Based on notes of rag.
🇮🇳Ascending and Descending.
🇮🇳Mainly conjunct.
🇮🇳Tans.
🇮🇳Meend.
🇮🇳Ornamented, flourishes.
🇮🇳Fixed composition.
Rag Desh:
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo (4 points).
🇮🇳V1: Uses Jhaptal (10 beats: 2+3+2+3) in gat 1 and Tintal in gat 2 (16 beats: 4+4+4+4).
🇮🇳V2: Uses Keherwa Tal (8 beats: 2+2+2+2).
🇮🇳V3: Uses Rupak Tal (7 beats: 3+2+2) in gat 1 and Ektel Tal in gat 2 (12 beats: 2+2+2+2+2+2).
Rag Desh:
Tonality (1 point).
🇮🇳Tonality based on rag itself➡️not major, minor, modal or atonal.
Rag Desh:
Harmony (1 point)
🇮🇳No chords used, simply a drone in the accompaniment usually formed from the 1st and 5th notes of the raga (in this case C & G).
Rag Desh:
Structure (7 points).
🇮🇳Alap= Free time, no pulse.
🇮🇳Jhor= Steady tempo, more rhythmic.
🇮🇳Jhalla= Fast, lively, virtuoso.
🇮🇳Gat/Bandish= Moderate to fast, fixed composition, tabla introduces tal.
🇮🇳V1: Alap➡️Gat 1➡️Gat 2.
🇮🇳V2: Alap➡️Bandish (Bhajan).
🇮🇳Alap➡️Gat 1➡️Gat 2 (3 parts).
Rag Desh:
Instrumentation (4 points).
🇮🇳V1: Sitar, tabla, tambura.
🇮🇳V2: Voice, saraghi, sarod, pakhawaj, cymbals, tabla.
🇮🇳V3: Bansuri, esraj, tambura, tabla, synth pad.
🇮🇳Drone is usually played by Tambura or by lower strings on the sitar.
Rag Desh:
Texture (3 points).
🇮🇳Indian music usually has a homophonic texture.
🇮🇳Tabla do not enter until later in the performance (gat/bandish).
🇮🇳There is often clever dialogue between players.
Who plays version 1?
Anoushka Shankar (on the sitar).
Who plays version 2?
Chiranji Lal Tanwar (voice).
Rag Desh:
Dynamics (6 points).
🇮🇳Very quiet at opening.
🇮🇳Alap section is quiet.
🇮🇳Gat/Bhajan is louder.
🇮🇳Gat/Bhajan sections more varied in dynamics.
🇮🇳Tabla adds to dynamic level.
🇮🇳Some crescendos/accents.
