| Hindustani Classical Music | |
|---|---|
| Concepts | |
| Shruti · Swara · Alankar · Raga | |
| Tala · Gharana · Thaat | |
| Instruments | |
| Indian musical instruments | |
| Genres | |
| Dhrupad · Dhamar · Khyal · Tarana | |
| Thumri · Dadra · Qawwali · Ghazal | |
| Thaats | |
| Bilaval · Khamaj · Kafi · Asavari · Bhairav | |
| Bhairavi · Todi · Purvi · Marwa · Kalyan |
Bahar is a Hindustani classical raga.
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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).
Arohana |ni sa ga ma pa, ga ma dha ni sa|
Avarohana sa| ni pa ma pa ga ma re sa
Related ragas: Shahana Kanada, Shahana Bahar, Basant Bahar, Adana Bahar Thaat: Choose closely applicable thaat here. Choices are Bilawal, Khamaj, Kafi, Asawari, Bhairavi, Marwa, Purvi, Todi.
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.
Certain ragas have seasonal associations. Raag Bahar is usually rendered in the Spring season
since it is the raga of spring, it can be considered that the raga has shringara rasa.
most probably the oldest recording is of Abdul Karim Khan from 1906
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.