Abhogi raga

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Abhogi is a raga that is popular in Carnatic music as well as Hindustani music. Its root is in the 22^nd basic scale (Kharaharapriya raga) of the 72 melakartha of Carnatic music. It is nevertheless a fairly recent raga.

Contents 1 Theory 1.1 Arohana & Avarohana 1.2 Vadi & Samavadi 1.3 Jeeva Swaras 1.4 Sancharas 1.5 Pakad or Chalan 1.6 Organization & Relationships 2 Behavior 2.1 Samay (Time) 2.2 Seasonality 2.3 Effect 2.4 Rasa 3 Historical Information 3.1 Origins 3.2 Compositions in Abhogi 3.3 Musicians who favor Abhogi 3.4 Important Recordings 4 References 5 Literature 5.1 Links

[edit] Theory

Writing about the musical theory of Indian classical music is fraught with complications. First of all, there have been no set, formal methods of written notation. Indian music is an aural tradition, and therefore writing is not an essential part of attaining talim(knowledge).

[edit] Arohana & Avarohana

This represents the scale of the raga.

Arohana (order of ascending notes in the scale): S R G M D s

Avarohana (order of descending notes in the scale): s D M G R S

Listen to the ascending and descending scale of Raga Abhogi: Media:abhogiaro.ogg

[edit] Vadi & Samavadi

Vadi: Sa

Samavadi: Ma

[edit] Jeeva Swaras

G and D

[edit] Sancharas

GMDS SDRSDMD_ D_SRGRS D_RSDM GMMDDSDRSD_M GMD_MGGRR_ GRSd Rd_S

[edit] Pakad or Chalan

[edit] Organization & Relationships

Pa and Ni are omitted. Also Re os often omitted in ascent. Flat Ga is often approached from Ma in ascend and has a slight oscillation to show the typical Kanada. In descend often the typical Kanada phrase gMRS is used.
Related ragas: Bageshree. However, Bageshri also includes flat Ni and a limited use of Pa, which gives a different flavour.^[1]
Thaat: Kafi.

[edit] Behavior

Behavior refers to practical aspects of the music. It is complicated to talk about this for Hindustani music since many of the concepts are fluid, changing, or archaic. The following information cannot be accurate, but it can attempt to reflect how the music existed.

[edit] Samay (Time)

Night, approximately 9PM-12AM.

[edit] Seasonality

Certain ragas have seasonal associations.

[edit] Effect

Certain Indian ragas are believed to produce effects on the human body or on the environment. Aboghi is said to increase appetite.

[edit] Rasa

[edit] Historical Information

Abhogi is in hindustani music "recently" ^[2] borrowed from the classical music of South India.

[edit] Origins

[edit] Compositions in Abhogi

Composition	Tala	Composer
Abhayam alithu arul	Adi	Bangalore Mukund
Anandam aganatamadiya	Adi	Nila Ramamoorthy
Abhagi nannalla	Adi	Ashok Madhav
Adi paramporulin	Adi	Subramania Bharathi
Anandam aganatamadiya	Adi	Nila Ramamoorthy
Anandamayi nadamadiya	Adi Krithi	Nila Ramamoorthy
Arul paluthelukindra	Adi Krithi	Lakshmanan Pillai		Arunagirinathar
Chintanai chey maname	Adi	R Venugopal
Deenadayaparane	Khanda Chapu	Krishnamachariar
Dhainyaapaka	Khanda Chapu	Thulaseevanam
Evari bodhana	Adi	Patnam Subramania Iyer
Gurusvami padam pani	C Eka	Ambujam Krishna
Inthidum kaniye	Adi	N S Chidambaram
Jaya Narayana	Adi	Muthaiah Bhagavatar
Mahadeva	Adi	M D Ramanathan
Mamava sada	Rupaka	R N Doraiswami
Mamava Vidyadhiraja	Adi	Thulaseevanam
Manasaraga ne	Adi	G N Balasubramanian
Manasavridha	Adi	Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
Manasu nilpa sakthi	Adi	Thyagaraja
Mane yolagado	Adi	Purandaradasa
Naanariyadenai	Adi	Lakshmanan Pillai
Nannu brova nee kemi	Adi	Lalithadasar
Nannu brova nee kintha	Adi	Thyagaraja
Navalooril	Rupaka	Ramanathan Chettiar
Neelakanta niranjana	Rupaka	Thyagaraja
Nekkuruki unnai	Adi	Papanasam Sivan
Nikepudu daya	Adi	Mysore Sadasiva Rao
Ninai thedadha naal (Tiruppugazh)	Jhampa	Arunagirinathar
Ninnu nammi nanu	Eka	Muthiah Bhagavatar
Paripalisau	Adi	M V Ramarathnam
Sabhapathikku	Rupaka	Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Sada smarami	Jhampa	Ambujam krishna
Samarakshana mam palaya	Rupaka	Mysore Vasudevachar
Saravanabhava Ahanmuga	Adi	N S Ramachandran
Sarva vigna harana	Adi	Krithi R Venugopal
Sevikka vendumaiya		Muthuthandavar
Sri Lakshmivaraham	Adi	Muthuswami Dikshitar
Sri Mahaganapathe	Khanda Chapu	N S Ramachandran
Sri Rajagopala (Varnam)	Triputa	Venkataramana Bhagavathar
Sri Sive jaya vaibhave	Adi	Muthaiah Bhagavatar
Staranam parkka taghuma	Adi	Ambujam Krishna
Thamasamika talamu	Rupaka	G N Balasubramanian
Thiruvullakkarutthu	Adi	Periyaswami Thooran
Tirupathi malai	Adi	Lakshmikrishna
Vegamey	Adi

[edit] Musicians who favor Abhogi

G._N._Balasubramaniam (Carnatic vocalist) is known for commencing many of his concerts with the Aboghi varnam, Evari bodhana.

[edit] Important Recordings

'Charana Dhare Ayo' in Vilambit Jhaanptaal by Ustad Amir Khan.

[edit] References

1. ^ Bor 1999
2. ^ Bor(1999)

[edit] Literature

Bor, Joep (ed). Rao, Suvarnalata; der Meer, Wim van; Harvey, Jane (co-authors) The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Zenith Media, London: 1999.

[edit] Links

SRA on Samay and Ragas
SRA on Ragas and Thaats
Rajan Parrikar on Ragas
Essay on Muthuswami Dikshitar's "Sri Lakshmi Varaham" in the raga Abhogi

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