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Bhairavi

भैरवी

Bhairavi is a sampurna raga using all five komal swaras, though in practice artists freely admit shuddha swaras as anya swaras, making it the most chromatically fluid raga in the tradition. It is conventionally offered as the closing piece of a concert, evoking bhakti and gentle pathos.

Samay
Morning
Concluding raga, traditionally morning; performed as final piece at any time
Rasa
Karuna, Bhakti, Shringara
Vadi · Samvadi
M · S
Pakad
g M d n d P, M g, r S
S
r
R
g
G
M
M'
P
d
D
n
N

I Ascent & descent

Aroha (ascending)
SrgMPdnS'
Avaroha (descending)
S'ndPMgrS

II In performance

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Listen to the masters
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali KhanBegum AkhtarKishori AmonkarPt. Bhimsen Joshi