grade 7

• What is the arohana and avarohana of bhairavi?


  s r2 g2 m1 p d2 n2 s s n d1 p m g r s
• What is Bhairavi the janya of?

  20th Melakartha Natabhairavi
• What do you call a raga which has all the 7 swaras?

  sampoorna
• What are bhashanga ragas?


  ragas which take one or more notes from foreign ragas and use them.
• What is an anya swara?

  foreign swara
• What are the nyasa swarams of bhairavi?

  r,m,p,n, chatusruthi dhaiwatha
• What are the graha swaras for bhairavi?

  normally n but sometimes r,p,d
• What ways of singing help beautify bhairavi?

  janti and datu swara prayogas
• Why is bhairavi special in terms of its anya swara?

  usually bhashanga ragas wont use it as nyasa swaras
• What feelings does bhairavi express?

  Bhakti, Karunai and love and it can be sung at all times
• What was bhairavi used to be called in ancient times?

  Pan Kausikam
• Name 3 songs in bhairavi raga.

  Viriboni, Kamakshi, Upacharamu
• What is the arohana and avarhona for hindola?


  sg2m1d1n2s sndmgs
• What is the melakartha raga of hindola?

  natabhairavi
• What does audava raga mean?

  ascend or descend in steady sequence
• What does upanga raga mean?

  no foreign swaras
• How else can the arohana be for hindola and what is it called?

  smgmdns and vakra
• Which swaras are varjam in hindola?

  r and p are varja meaning they are not in it
• What are the jeeva swaras of hindola?

  m,d,n
• What are the nyasa swaras of hindola?


  d,n
• What are the graha swaras of hindola?

  s,m,n
• meaning of graha swara

  swaras which songs start from
• What makes a moorchanakaraka raga?

  If a raga gives birth to at least one meaningful raga by srutibheda
• What srutibheda, what ragas can be made by using hindola?

  mohana, madhyamavati, suddhasaveri, udayaravichandrike
• What is hindola called in hindustani music?

  malkaus
• Give some compositions of hindola.

  samajavaragamana, neerajakshi, saraswathi
• What is the arohana and avarohana of panthuvarali/ kamavardhini?

  sr1g3m2pd1n1s sndpmgrs
• Which number is panthuvarali?

  51st
• What are the nyasa swaras of panthuvarali?


  m,p
• What are the graha swaras of panthuvarali?

  s,p,n
• What was panthuvarali used to be called?

  ramakriya
• What is panthuvarali called in hindustani?

  purvi that
• What does panthuvarali express the feeling of?

  karunai
• Name a few songs from panthuvarali.

  siva siva, sami nine, ninne near
• What is the arohana and avarohana of todi?


  sr1g2m1pd1n2s sndpmgrs
• What number is todi?

  8th
• What are the jeeva swaras?

  g,m,d
• What are the nyasa swaras?

  g,m,p,d,n
• What ragas do you get in srutibedham from todi?

  kalyani, harikambhoji, natabhairavi, sankarabharana and karaharapriya
• What would todi be called if you took out p from todi?

  suddha todi