On Monday, 21 April 2003 at 06:28:54 UTC+5:30, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
debj...@yahoo.co.uk (debjoy) writes:
hi everybody,
can anyone give me some introductory info about raga ramdasi malhar.
i have just heard it, and from my first thought it seems it uses `n d N S` >component used in miya malhar, but what are points of distinction?
please also suggest some recordings available in this raga for
listening purpose.
waiting for ur reply.
-debjoy
Quickly and briefly -
Let M=shuddha madhyam.
Ramdasi Malhar is a sankeerNa rAga and comes in three
or more flavours. No general statement of swaroopa
can be written down given the disparate strategies
adopted in the various designs.
The Ramdasi Malhar most often heard employs both the
gandhArs and both the nishAds and the elaboration
proceeds from a Miyan Malhar base. Consider the
following strands in the poorvAnga:
M (M)R (M)R P, P (M)g (M)g M R S
To this Miyan Malhar strip is added
the following (or some variation thereof):
S R G G M, M G M, P (M)g M R S
The first half here is Gaud-like.
In the uttarAnga, the Miyan Malharic M P n D N S"
phrase prevails but there are additional special
prayogas such as:
M P D N DPMGM
S" D n P, M P D n P
It is best to seek recourse to the renditions
themselves and flesh out the lakshaNAs germane
to the specific case. Ramashreya Jha "Ramrang"
outlines his swaroopa and presents a few bandishes,
including one of the G-only flavour - http://www.sawf.org/audio/malhar/jha_ramdasim.ram
K.G. Ginde sings two compositions, the first one
composed by his guru S.N. Ratanjankar, the second
traditional -
http://www.sawf.org/audio/malhar/ginde_ramdasim.ram
Amir Khan's is also a bi-gandhAr flavour - http://www.sawf.org/audio/malhar/amirkhan_ramdasim.ram
In the Atrauli-Jaipur design the komal gandhAr dominates,
the shuddha gandhAr is of alpa-pramANa. Consequently, the
Miyan Malhar influence is strong here. There are special
prayogas inserted, to wit, M P P D D n P. Mallikarjun
Mansur's 1988 performance in Mumbai is outstanding.
Notice the cameo shuddha gandhAr (for instance
between 0:37 and 0:38) -
http://www.sawf.org/audio/malhar/mansur_ramdasim.ram
The Maihar musicians play the G-only version (addressed
earlier by Jha-sahab). There may be hints of Gaud Malhar
now and then but since the shuddha gandhAr is advanced
(over the madhyam) there is a clear demarcation. Alu
whips up a spicy tikki in Ramdasi - http://www.sawf.org/audio/malhar/alu_ramdasim.ram
This material will be shortly placed in the Gaud/Miyan
Malhar feature on Sawf.
Warm regards,
r
Is it please possible for anyone to post the lyrics of the bandish that Mallikarjun Mansur sings in Ramdasi Malhar, "ghumaD dekh bhaye"?
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