Anyone familiar with this one? After being exposed to Bhupali and Yaman, I've decided to focus on this as my first raag during my lessons - I think it's beautiful.
Ascent: D n S g M D n S
Descent: S n D M g R S
Pa is only used in descent, and rarely at that.
There are some great recordings of this raag - I have a copy of an Amjad Ali Khan disc (sarod - my teacher's guru), and recently purchased a Nikhil Banerjee performance. NB fans, you gotta check this one out!
Very pretty raag - in fact it is my most favourite Raag. Whenever I hear Bageshree it lingers in my mind for hours. Even though Pa is rarely used, the combination mPDm gives very special effect to the Raaga. I feel this raag is very well suited to express deepest feelings.
Many devotional compositions are based on this Raag.
When I do Aaroha Avaroha, I go like this -
n S g m D n S
S n D m P D m g R S
If you want to play it to Teel taal omit the first n
