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Bhopali, also known as Bhoop, Bhoopali or Bhupali, is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a pentatonic scale (uses 5 notes in ascending and descending scale).
The same raga in Carnatic music is known as Mohanam.
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Writing about the musical theory of Indian classical music is fraught with complications. There is no universally accepted set of rules or formal method of writing notations. However, the Bhatkhandhe and Paluskar paddhatis are the two ways of writing down musical notations. Indian music has always been more of an aural tradition, and written word has never been an essential part of imparting talim (training/knowledge).
The scale of Bhopali uses only Shuddh swaras.
Vadi
Gandhar - Ga (here-after G but not to be confused with note G of western music notations)
Samavadi
Dhaivat - Dha (here-after D but not to be confused with note D of western music notations)
The Pakad (catchphrase that often helps in identifying a raga) is:
S R G R S D1 S R G or: S R G R S D1 S R G P G D P G R S
Some chalans (elaborations of the pakad) are:
1. S R G R S D1 S R G
2. S R G R S D1 P1
3. P1 D1 S R G R G
4. S R P G
5. G R S R G P
6. G P D P D D S’
7. P G P D P D S’ R’ G’ R’ G’
8. G’ R’ S’ D P G R S
Note: Normally written swaras (individual notes) indicate the middle octave. A swara immediately followed by 1 indicates the mandhra saptak (lower octave) and ' indicates the taar saptak (higher octave).
This Bandhis is bound with Teen taal(16 beats).
1 2 3 4| 5 6 7 8|9 10 11 12|13 14 15 16|
ASTHAYI:
D2 S D2 P |G2 R2 S R2|
G2 _ G2 P |G2 R2 S _ |
S R2 G2 P |R2 G2 P D2|
G2 P D2 P |G2 R2 S _ |
ANTARA:
G2 _ G2 G2|P _ D2 P|
S' _ S'S'|D3 R3 S' _|
G3 G3 R3 S'|R3 R3 S' D3|
S' _ D2 P |G2 R2 S _|
The Asthayi starts with the 9th beat.
Raga Bhoopali belongs to the Kalyan Thaat.
Related ragas: Deshkar (a pentatonic raga belonging to the Bilawal Thaat with the same scale as Bhoopali)
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.
Evening or Sandhya
Certain ragas have seasonal associations.
Bhakti Rasa (Devotional)
E ri Aaj Bhaeelawa
Jab Se Tumi San Lagali - Kishori Amonkar
Sahela Re - Kishori Amonkar
most probably the oldest recording is of Abdul Karim Khan from 1905
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.