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Rag Purvi

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Description

Purvi is considered to be the fundamental rag in Purvi That.  It is performed around sunset (Sandhi Prakash).  There are two philosophies concerning this rag.  The first approach is to use only the swar of Purvi That.  Unfortunately, this approach impinges upon Puriadhanashri.  The second and more common approach is to use a touch of Shuddha Ma.  We will only use the second approach here.

The structure of Purvi is a bit complex.  The inclusion of shuddha Ma forces a somewhat convoluted approach.  This rag is sampurna – sampurna with Ga as the vadi and Ni as the samvadi.  Here are its overall characteristics:



Arohana

Ascending structure of Purvi

(general discussion of arohana)(general discussion of notation)


Avarohana

Descending structure of Purvi

(general discussion of avarohana)


Jati

sampurna – sampurna – (general discussion of jati)


Vadi

Ga – (general discussion of vadi)


Samvadi

Ni – (general discussion of samvadi)


Time

Sunset – (general discussion of time and rag)


That

Purvi That – (general discussion of that)


Pakad

Pakad of Purvi

(general discussion of pakad)


Drone

Sa-Pa – (general discussion of drone)


Popular Songs

Film Songs in Rag Purvi


For more information check out “Elementary North Indian Vocal: Vol 1” and “Elementary North Indian Vocal: Vol 2”



Selected Video




Other Sites of Interest

Indian Classical Music: Tuning and Ragas

Modes and Ragas: More Than just a Scale

Emotional responses to Hindustani Raga music: The role of mus­ical struc­ture

Automatic Raga Recognition in Hindustani Classical Music

Patrick Moutal. A Comparative Study of Selected Hindustānī Rāga-s based on Contemporary Practice

Automatic Tonic Identification in In­dian Art Music: Approaches and Evaluation