Durga (raga)

Hindustani Classical Music
Concepts
Shruti 路 Swara 路 Alankar 路 Raga
Tala 路 Gharana 路 Thaat
Instruments
Indian musical instruments
Genres
Dhrupad 路 Dhamar 路 Khyal 路 Tarana
Thumri 路 Dadra 路 Qawwali 路 Ghazal
Thaats
Bilaval 路 Khamaj 路 Kafi 路 Asavari 路 Bhairav
Bhairavi 路 Todi 路 Purvi 路 Marwa 路 Kalyan

Durga is a raga in Hindustani Classical music.

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Origin

The raga emerges from Bilawal thaat.

Technical description

The raga is of Audav-audav nature, i.e, both its arohana (ascent) and avarohana (descent) use only five notes. All the swaras used are shuddha. Gandhar and Nishad are not used. It is a Purvanga pradhan raga, with the lower notes on the saptak (octave) being used more frequently.

Arohana: Sa Re Ma Pa Dha Sa.

Avarohana: Sa Dha Pa Ma Re Sa.

Pakad: Re Ma Pa Dha, Ma Re.

The vadi swara is Ma, and the samvadi is Sa.

Samai (Time)

The raga is to be sung during late night.

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