THE basant bahar

[ganesh_mourthy]

I have added the pronoun to it because , it is extraordinary , at the same time complex. Initially I had the opinion that it is hamsanandi. but it is not. Is it possible to unravel it?

[SrinathK]

It's 2 ragas in one. Has two distinct and exclusive arahonams : S G3 M2 D1 N3 S and S M1 P G2 M N2 D2 N3 S while the avaro is the same as Panthuvarali - S N3 D1 P M2 G3 R1 S. The 2nd part also allows a G2 M1 R2 phrase similar to Kaanada.

Maharajapuram Santhanam's thillana in Basant Bahar is a wonderful composition to listen to.

[ganesh_mourthy]

thanks you SriKanth. I thought it was simply Basanth and Bahar in Aro and Avaro , but it was not. I am trying to delineate it. Does not fall easily into any framework.

[varsha]

https://archive.org/details/RagaBasantB ... oriAmonkar
Should help .
Bahar ..A first among flirts in the raga world . indeed . No wonder the byproducts refuse to fall in line , into frames .

[ganesh_mourthy]

varsha that is indeed a beautiful piece. There is a lot of debate in Hindustani circle on how Basanth Bahaar shoudl be sung. It has almost all the 12 notes.

[varsha]

GM
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7w0dteacb9bfd/BASANTH
Hope this helps included are some very precious recordings.

If basant bahar still poses a problem , remember Pablo Casals words
The art of interpretation is not to play what is written

[SrinathK]

There's only one composition out there in this rAga with 2 distinct arohanam sequences to my knowledge :

Maharajapuram Santhanam's tillAnA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEE-W0HUWwg