Ragmala Painting of Ragini Asawari (reproduction of Mewar school)
Description
Rag Asawari is considered to be the fundamental rag in Asawari that. There are several film songs in Asavari; one common one is “Mujhe Gale Se Laga Lo Bahut Udas Hun Main “. Asawvari is a morning rag. It is Audav – Sampurna due to the ommission of the Ga and Ni in the ascending structure. It has been suggested that the vadi is Dha and the samvadi is Ga.
There are several rags which share the same that. Jaunpuri and Darbari Kanada are two of the most common examples. Therfore, it is important to pay attention to the pakad to keep from impinging upon them.
There is considerable disagreement concerning the Re. It seems that there are three schools of thought. The predominant view is that only shuddha Re is used. There is another school, which suggests that both shauddha and komal can be used. Finally, there are those that contend that only the komal Re be used. For the purposes of this website we will consider the first two to be within the bounds of Asavari, while the last one we will define to be “Komal Re Asavari”
Arohana
(general discussion of arohana) – (general discussion of notation)
Avarohana
(general discussion of avarohana)
Jati
Audav / Sampurna – (general discussion of jati)
Vadi
Komal Dha – (general discussion of vadi)
Samvadi
Komal Ga – (general discussion of samvadi)
Time
Morning – (general discussion of time and rag)
That
Asawari that – (general discussion of that)
Pakad
Drone
Sa – Pa – (general discussion of drone)
Popular Songs
For more information check out “Elementary North Indian Vocal: Vol 1” and “Elementary North Indian Vocal: Vol 2”