This is how I answered the quiz.To put it in the right context , just cutting and pasting the answers and explaining my observations with the quote tag.
AlApane 1.mp3 - asAveri
AlApane 2.mp3 - begadA
AlApane 3.mp3 - sAveri
AlApane 4.mp3 - AbhOgi
begadA and sAveri were too easy. asAveri alApana is easy as I connected more with lekhanA .But had to double check to eliminate suddaseeemantani. AbhOgi was easy, also had to double check to eliminate shree ranjani.Overall this round was quite easy as the feel of all rAgas was distinct.
Film 1 - revati
Film 2 - Abheri
Film 3 - bilahari
Film 4 - subhapantuvarAli
Note on Film 4:
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I think there are 2 answers to this question on film 4. SubhapantuvarAli and ShanmughapriyA. I am hearing both, even though I have rounded of to subhapantuvarAli
revati(film1) was easy to me.
I repeatedly heard film2.Interestingly in film2 there are three clippings first is veena/sitar(0 to 4 secs),second flute(5 to 8secs) and then third is violin(9 tp 11 secs).For me the middle flute was distracting .The first veena/sitar helped me . I repeatedly heard only the first 4 seconds . Connected to popular numbers in Abheri and got it right.
Here for film 3 only the violin helps to identify it as bilahari.If you only hear seconds 03 to 07 repeatedly only the violin and the brief female voice,there is a big chance to hear it as bilahari.
Film 4 was very tough. I must have gone with the first feeling of shanmughapriya as the correct answer.But after little repeated iteration, I got the rAga as subhapantuvarAli. Infact I put the note as both is right and rounded off to subhapantuvarAliDRS can you cross check by any chance if there is subhapantuvarAli . On a side note, I thought the singer was Tjr S kalyanarAman
grahabheda 1A - (very tough)naagaswaraavaLi
grahabheda 1B - hamsadhwani
grahabheda 1C - M1 sudda madhyamam
hamsadhwani was there for sure. In the first few iterations felt there was no bedham.The I raised the volume that is played and listened??.Certainly did know nAgaswaravaLi and hamsadhwani was a grahabheda .With that insight, later noticed the nAgaswarAvaLi tinge. Googled to get the madhyamam M1. So I was lucky here.
grahabheda 2A - kalyAni
grahabheda 2B - tOdi
grahabheda 2C - N2 kakkali nishadAm
Simple here , in the 50th to 53rd second ,tOdi is distinct and even the N2 is quite well known
swara 1A - gowLipantu
swara 1B - AarOhanam : S R1 M1 P N3 S
AvarOhanam: S N3 D1 P M1 D1 M1 G3 R1 S
swara 1C(very very tough ) - sa ri ma ma pa ni sa ,ri ri sa ni dha pa ma, sa ni dha pa ma ga ri
Heard a lot of times of mOsabOku vinavE of SSI , hence immediately got connected to gowLipantu.I was not sure what 1C meant, I thought since AarOhanam and AvarOhanam has already the scale , I thought let me just put the swara scale repeatedly pausing and playing.
swara 2A - nAtabhairavi
swara 2B - AarOhanam : S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S
AvarOhanam: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
swara 2c - sa ri ga pa ma ga ri sa da ni ga ri sa ni da pa sa ni ga sa
On first few iterations thought it was shanmughapriya,then got the M1 and made it as natabhairavi. I guess I had lost unnecessarily two points swaram 1C and 2C(am I getting points here DRS)
Mohan,
YOu are as consistent as the australian team.Congrats , you being a violinist must have helped you a lot.
And ya, the preconceived notion of gauLipantu being a suddha madhyama rAgam originally and having heard a good dose of the rAgam with suddha madhyamam by various artists might have had its say on my identification. The second clip, well, i know i am bad in identifying exact svarastanams, so i aint complaining.
