Deep into Indian Classical | Waleska & Efra react to 73 Ragas with Abby V
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Each raga is basically its own musical language. There are hundreds upon HUNDREDS of ragas, each with its own set of ascending and descending notes, note phrases, and emphases. So for Abby V to switch between ragas so fluidly is the equivalent of speaking one sentence after another, but the first in English, then Japanese, then Mayan, then Maori, then Sanskrit, then ancient Greek, then Norse, and so on and so on. It's the ultimate flex. If you want to discuss rhythm and its relationship to raga, I'd love to join your podcast! I have several videos that I think Efra would LOVE to check out because they're entirely percussion-driven with extremely complex polyrhythms.
the sound channels many varieties of emotions and feelings in listeners
From sadness to ecstasy
From Heart melting to hair raising
Nope bro ....all raag is not for expressing happiness....every raag has its own emotions sad, renounce,happy,love, seduction,anger, jealous
If you use murchana and add phrase and mood .ragas creation will be in infinity
It is interesting how Efra and Waleska react to different ragas. Khamas, Maand and Desh invoke more happier moods while some of the Hindustani Ragas that Waleska liked invoke the mood of sadness. Desh is usually the raga in which patriotic songs are tuned.
Ya we all have a thing for Desh raag and it seems its not a bias. The raag itself is like that.
Yeah our national antheme is of raag desh
there is song thunbam nergail by sanjay subramaniam in desh its really nice do listen@@RAIRADIO
@@sanchalidesarkar1613 Vande Maatharam.
Raag Desh (the one that you said was epic towards the end) literally means nation (Desh means nation). It’s a very nationalistic raga and has a tinge of grandeur mixed with nostalgia. This raga was made famous by its use in Vande Mataram, the national song of India composed to be a battle cry praising India as a mother. It’s one of my absolute favorite ragas and to see it’s full use I recommend listening to the Desh Thillana by Bombay Jayashree or Vande Matram (the original version not the AR Rahman one)
U spoke my heart..
Another awesome song composed in raag desh is Man Mandira by shankar Mahadevan
Anuja Kamat is doing videos again. You have reacted to her video about what is Raag earlier. You can approach her for the podcast to understand the nitty gritty of Indian classical. She is also versed in Western Music.
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You are absolutely right about recognizing ragas in many Indian songs, especially old classics. for some of us who grew up listening to classical music or have trained in music/singing/dance recognize raag based songs quite easily. Ragas are much more than a set of notes though, they depict emotions, moods, times of the day- they are also named thus. It's worth a deep dive if you're interested.
Every Raag has a particular time and season of singing
I saw an interview with Kaushiki Chakraborty(the girl in the video), and she said it's all about repetition and commitment to the process.
It takes 100s of repetitions and no slacking, coupled with decades of single-minded devotion.
A tanpura (t as in tiempo) is likely playing the root note while he sings. Note that it's not a harmonium. A harmonium plays the raga or sargam, while the tanpura is fixated on single/multiple select notes only.
Also, Abby is excellent. You might want to check out more of his work.
Raags can change the mood of the situation. Raags are in fact the arrangements to create emotion or feeling through the sound alone (unsullied by the lyrics or even without any words at all). The same notes arranged in different order, pauses or tempo may result in creating different moods. There are in fact different raags with the same set of notes arranged differently and even similarly but differ only in pattern and they end up creating polar opposite feelings. The arrangements are so intricate and expert composers do implement these arrangements to express their desired emotions to the greatest of success.
Miyan Malhar has the exact same effect on everyone I know! Every time, it gives me goosebumps!
too bad he didn't sing deepak right before it :D
@@anonymouslyopinionated656 probably didn’t want to start a fire at his fancy house! 😂
I was like yes Sis it is Miyan Malhar! I could see her goosebumps
Especially when you sing it in Aakar
Waleska was right almost all time when she said like it's sad Or happy sound. Actually each rag has some mood and renditions to express your feelings
Last raag is Bhairavi because in indian classical when we finish our concert or presentation we end with Raag Bhairavi
Bhairavi was sung at last ...bcz it's believed that vibe of Bhairavi indicates climax of all raags
Guys... You should check out these videos, they were very comprehensively informative
1. Difference between hindustani and carnatic by voxguru
2. One song sung in different ragas by Anuja k
3. Raag bhimpalas based songs by Anuja k
PS. You can check those channels out in your own time too. Although I'm an Indian, I was completely clueless about how classical music actually worked, before I discovered those channels. I think a lot of your doubts would be clarified.
Bhairavi is usually the show stopper of Indian classical concert as I learnt. A devotional raga which legends like Bhimsen Joshi executed to put audience in a trance at the very end.
When you start learning Bharatiya(INDIAN) Classical Music there is no end to it. YOU KEEP LEARNING TILL THE END OF YOUR LIFE.
His father also songs well
You shd listen to both of them singing together.
The instrument in the background is not the harmonium but the tambura or the tanpura. since indian classical music uses the movable/ dynamic solfege, the tonic is set based on an individual's pitch and the tambura is a drone that is set to the tonic, the fifth and the lower tonic, the drone acts as an anchor that reminds the range within which they need to stay as they play around the notes. The tanpura cannot be added in the post because it is an anchor you need it to sing in Indian classical music because most concerts have an improvisation as well as a call and response segment that would need that anchoring drone note else you would lose your orientation. The tabla's down beat is also used to time the improvisations , the singer needs to recenter and start the next improvisation cycle at the down beat. Also at the end there he meant lullaby, the raga that puts you to sleep.
How you guys can remember references and singers from different musical cultures, I have no idea. There's always something we get to learn from this channel. Great job 👏👏👏
Classical is the root thing, and learning it takes a lot of hard work and dedication.
When waleska says she feels sad or melacholic when she hears one Raga and romantic with the other.. thats exactly what the ragas are supposed to do. Every raga is supposed to evoke strong emotions. One feels a certain way at dawn, or early morning. So there are ragas assigned to that time of the day. One cant sing morning ragas at mid day or evening. Similarly it feels very off and jarring to sing the after sundown or late evening ragas in the morning. There are ragas like Megh Malhar in Hindustani classical that is best sung in monsoon or heavily overcast skies.. Megh means clouds in Sanskrit. There are ragas for every moid, every time of the day, wvery season. Its so vast that for the uninitiated its like jumping into a bottomless ocean.
I've been studying western music of late and the best way to explain raga is western scales with additional embellishments.
1. One of the most used western scale which is the major scale is literally the raga shankarabharanam. But you have to sing it with embellishments and micronotes to get the exact raga.
2. Now the notes in a C major scale (which are the notes of the raga shankarabharanam as stated before )are c d e f g a b c , If instead I play c d e f# g a b c then it becomes a different raga called kalyani. And so every combination that you can make with the 7 notes each are a different raga even if there is one note that varies .
3. So with various combinations the number of ragas in carnatic comes to 72. But wait there's even more
4. These ragas which use all 7 notes are called full ragas or root ragas. From these root ragas you can eliminate 1 or 2 notes to derive a new raga .
For example as stated before
In a c major scale c d e f g a b c is a full/root raga called Shankarabharanam / dheera shankarabharanam .
If I eliminate f and b the you get c d e g a c which is now a derived raga called mohanam . Now instead if I eliminate f and a you get c d e g b c which is a new derived raga called hamsadwani .
5. The above reason is why you have different ragas that sound similar because they are derived from the same root raga hence they share a lot of similarities. Trained people can tell them apart easily. Now if we make combinations like this through elimination for the 72 full/root ragas then you can imagine how many ragas are out there .
6. There are actually more ways to further decide and form ragas which I'm not go going to delve into today because that might become an info dump .
Hope I managed to clarify some doubts that you guys had . Love watching your videos ❤
Woww amazing each raga or raag has his own emotion as they are specially designed for every human emotion. 😍
You should check out Pandit Jasraj - Shri Madhurashtakam. Pandit Jasraj was one of the best Hindustani Classical Vocalists. He was a Legend. Along with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (who I feel is the best. Was awarded the Bharat Ratna of India - Highest Civilian Honor). Top echelon of Hindustani Classical. Can't believe you guys haven't checked both out yet!
Had a privilege to attend Pt. Jasraj's concerts thrice, Pt. Ravi Shankar ones, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shiv Kumar Sharma and many others ...I feel blessed. 😀 At Pt. Jasraj's jam packed recital - people took off thier shoes when he performed Ganesh Stuti -such a positive vibe it was - such an amazing night! 🙂
@@HarshLoomba You are very lucky! I never got the chance! Though my dad went to Pt Ravi Shankar concert because of my grandpa (Government official). He was telling me it was divine to say the very least!
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Each raga is a combination of notes which are made such that they bring out an emotion. Like Desh raag brings out a patriotic n heroic feeling. Some raag bring a sad feeling others a lost feeling,some a happy or blissful feeling, Bhairavi brings out an achievement which is humbling feeling. If u r listen carefully n Comtemplate you will recognise the feeling a certain raag brings out in you..thats how you recognise a raag even if u dont know the set of notes each individual raag carries.
I am surprised nobody has recommended "Baje Sargam", a song that is based on Desh raga. This is one of the ragas that is still common between Carnatic and Hindustani and was used to showcase musical talent from across the country (both classical styles). Also, if I remember correctly, it featured the classical dances as well.
Kannada is the language of the state of Karnataka in South West and the word Carnatic comes from Karnataka because South India starts from Karnataka and By the way these are just 73 ragas out of INFINITE and I ain't joking
It is not true that there is no scope for musical exploration. On the contrary, you are expected to improvise. The raaga lays the framework of which notes can use used and in what way. The musician is free to traverse these notes in whichever way they want. In this video he is singing aalap or swaras with the signature of these ragas. It doesnt mean that what he sang is the entirety of what the raaga can offer.
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For kalyani, he sang the raaga in alaap form that is he sang all the notes using "aa" and just didn't use the words sa re gaa maa etc (do re mi fa) used for the musical notes in Hindustani classical. You would often hear people switching between alaap and the swara while singing ragaas based on their mood.
I tried to explain in simple layman words for you guys to be able to understand.
This is so awesome 🔥 Please React to 73 Bollywood Songs with Abby V
I have been following Abby V since two years . 😍 I so much wanted you to react on his videos . He is a gem💎 Abundantly talented and v down to Earth .
I'm soo much grateful to you people for reacting to Abby's video and introducing him to more people . He deserves so much success ! ❤️
Might be some tenth time i listening to this same video of 73 ragas 💜
Also plss react to his songs:-
Na daro rang
Albela sajan
•Kannada is also a south indian language
• The instrument in the background is tanpura
Fuck yeah finally! Would love for you to check out more of his work
Guys do u realise how incredibly difficult it is to do what he is doing here???
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It would be awesome if you guys can interview Abby. You would probably learn a lot about Indian classical and he can help clear any misconceptions Jubin created 😆 (sorry no shade)
Guys one of the raga name keeravani.in telugu industry legendary music director name keeravani 🔥 please check he's songs he is also India's legendary composer one of he is best song in India
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I think what you need to revisit is Anuja Kamat's brilliant video on introduction to Raagas
A raag is basically a set of notes, both in ascending and descending order. Maintaining the notes, and some specific ornamentations is important to perform it
For some of the raags Abby did, he did the Arohan (ascending notes) but for a lot of them, he did some sort of aalap (slow intro to the raag and its intricacies)
When you are asking about how he remembers the runs he needs to make, he doesnt. I dont think a talented musician needs to. So long as you know the notes of the raag, you can play around with it and make (almost) unique taans most times.
For us, when we learnt it in instrumental music, we were also told what the raag signified (for ex, Miyan ki malhar is always associated with rain) and also the time of the day when it is supposed to be played/performed
You could also dive into the instrumental part of the Indian classical music genre. There are some sitar players ( I play the sitar, I am biased :P ) you can check out that will leave you speechless. There is almost a ferocity of performance that will be (I think) unlike anything you have ever seen before
Guys please react "man mandira" And "mitwaa". These are some classic songs.
Yes, those are really good pieces.
I am requesting for man mandira from ages but still they haven't reacted 🥲
Thanks guys for reacting to this. He is an amazing singer. Do have a podcast on this with an expert. Would love to hear him talk
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If you like rag bhairavi, you’ll like harimuraliravam from Malayalam movie aaram thamburaan
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Great video ...
It's a intricate introduction to Indian Classical ..
Get going guys ..Loved your videos
Desh => means country => our national song vande mataram is written in this raga
PLEASE REACT TO "BAI GA" from the Marathi movie 'CHANDRAMUKHI' you'll love it! 💖
Guys, it's a sheer pleasure to watch these videos with your reaction. It's like double entertainment.. thank you..❤
You guys have to go to Anuja K's channel. She had a series where she would talk about Bollywood songs with certain ragas in them. It's exactly what Efra was taking about
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Yet another gem in the Raaga Vasantha by Ranjani & Gayathri
The way to do those runs needs lots of ‘kharaj’ low note ‘sadhana’ practice. So basically you pick any scale and try to go the octave down slowly. It take months to get the octave with ease and it develops the bass in your voice and the projection without moving the larynx too because the lower notes are practiced with a raised larynx. This gets ingrained in the students and the projection is amazing because of this. I recently started learning Hindustani so i thought i’d pitch in 🫶🏻
THE BGM IS CALLED A TANPUR. A 4 STRINGED(OFTEN) INSTRUMENT, ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT ONES OUT THERE, THAT STRIKES 3 MAJOR NOTES, THAT INCLUDES ALL OTHER NOTES IN BETWEEN! COMPLECITY IN SIMPLEST FORM!
If you want to know how whole songs can be made by just using one raag, it would suggest Mahesh Kale's yaman medley. He did it with the finalists of a singing competition. It a beautiful watch. All songs are based on the yaman raag
Glad to know you are doing Nepali music this Friday. Please check out Uday and Manila Sotang - husband-wife duo who have produced some of the best Nepali music with a classical bent. Jogi by Uday Sotang is a masterpiece.
There are many other current good musicians such as Melina Rai, Milan Newar (Amatya), Anju Panta, Ram Krishna Dhakal, etc.
You should react to popular songs based on these ragas...it would be amazing.
U know indian classical music has many ragas and each raga carries its own emotions and each raga has been designated specific part of times in 24 hrs like some ragas are designated to be sung in early morning bcoz when u sing the ragas at that time they will enchant the environment
12:02 - No, he has got to be listening to the root note at the Back.
That root note is a TAANPURA not a Harmonium. Taanpura is a drone and always used in north and south indian classical system.
Without taanpura and root note as a reference you cant locate other note positions and thats why classical musicians pay Utmost motherly respect to taanpura and root note.
i think he is singing the pakads of all ragas
pakads are basically the notes from which u can identify a ragas
I think u should invite Harish from agam band or Kaushiki chakraborty to ur podcasts
Thanks for having quality stuff back on ur channel, do react to albela sajan by mahesh kale, it will blow ur mind away, U guys can even contact him as well he teaches music in USA although he is the leading classical singer of India but does what he loves the most. He is very humble reach out to him bro
हर एक राग का रंग , हर राग के हर सुर अलग है ,, इन्होने सब एक जैसा ,,
Abby is South Indian residing in Toronto, Canada.
One of the raags was Neelambari "Lullaby" raag.. the one that you thought was Telugu.. it's very soothing.
Rag become Raga As Yog Becomes Yoga. They stole Everything.😅😅😅
Karnataka is state and kannada is language and kannada is mix of 2 words Karn👂(ears) +Nada 🎶(music) = Kannada it's means "Music to Ears" and
KAR 👂(ears) + NA is Nada🎶(music/sound) +TAKA 🗣️👤 (reach) = Karnataka it's means "The place which sounds like a music to ears when you reach that's called Karnataka".
The composition 'Bantu reethi Kolu" yet another version Fusion with western instruments.
There is a series called Bandish bandits.. watch that.. it has some very good classical song performances.
Listen to "Kaisi Paheli Zindagani" by Sunidhi. A very different song from the usual, bit jazzy and very underrated.
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
I like learning about Indian classical. I actually have a friend who is an Indian classical singer.
I would suggest to react on Balamuralikrishna classical performance
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He is singing Carnatic ragas. Carnatic has 72 Melakarta ragas. All 72 have all 7 notes. Each melakarta ragas have several sub-ragas. These ragas are call janya (born from). The melakarta ragas are parent ragas and any ragas derived are child ragas.
In Carnatic ragas the C and G are fixed. They don't have variations. For the rest notes it will be like this.
C D1 D2 D E1 E2 E3 F1 F2 F3 G A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3. The 15 Melagarta raag is Mayamalavagowla and it’s notation is:
Please react to the part 2 of this video...
All Indian classical musics derived from "Sama Veda". Which describes "thala" the rythem, 7 notes, placing of knots which produce "bhava"
the mood in surrounding. Producing Mood is purpose of Raga. That is entirely the science of sound, the nada shastra.
A part of Sama veda. It has a part for dance sinking in resonance with thala the rythem, the bhava created by Raga, entire limps and body postures including face to symbolize the mood. Dance part is called Natya shasthra, the science of dance. In which
"thala" the rythem tempo which helps to suits that mood of Raga.
21:20 Kannada is the language. Karnataka is the state.
My sitar teacher(guru) used to make us play the ascend and descend of about 10 ragas out of memory. He would name them and we had to play it.
He also made us listen to a raga and we had to determine the raga.
@13:56 miyan malhar is my favorite raga. It was invented by the great Tan Sen. It is said if you play the raga with your heart you can make it rain, nature becomes happy.
and I remember when all these bollywood songs were on Radio, the presenter used to tell you that this song is from this movie, sung by this person and composed by this person and based on this Raag.:)
These. Rags are the base of all classical touched songs in indian cinema
If you're a classical singer you gotta do rigorous riyaz (practice) life long. there's no end to music. you learn new things, develop new things, hone new things as you continue. be it ustaads pandits of gharanas or any music teacher or student. you're in reality a lifelong student. it's a lifestyle bbs
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If you guys want to check out how ragas done in songs you can watch Indian raga's song miyan malhar mhara re girdhar gopal it is a devotional song done in miyan malhar
You should try getting in touch with Abby for an interview.. it would definitely be great as he will be able to explain the nuances of the raags
Desh in Hindi itself means ‘country’
I m going to tell something interesting it is said that if you sing a certain raag at certain time of the day and if your notes are accurate it change the entire environment around you as meghmhalar if sung at right time and right note it can make it rain
Yes..I was just thinking of commenting this
@@Priya-gl6ih thanks for approval it make my comment more authentic
Plsss do part two😍😍
Practice and complexity of Indian classical music
72 Ragas. Encyclopaedia Britanica. Sa Ri Ga Pa Da Sa is a pentatonic Scale (Mohana) derived from your Greater Chromatic Scale. It is identical in both the Schools of Indian music.
Here are a quick list of songs based on Desh and Bhairavi that you might wanna checkout!
1. Raag Desh / Des - Agar Tum Saath Ho, Vande Mataram (Sanskrit, India's National song)
2. Raag Bhairavi - Sapnon Se Bhare Naina (by Shankar Mahadevan), Hume Tumse Pyar Kitna (by Kishore Kumar)
Let me know, I can give you a more exhaustive list for other raags in case you're interested. Love your reaction!
This is great info... Thanks 🙏
Please check out some of the songs from a marathi movie - Me Vasantrao
Its classical based and few of the amazing singers have sung for the album for example Ustad Rashid Khan
Do you know On NASA's Voyager 1 Golden record one Indian classical music composition (jaat Kahan ho) has been added for the Allien. That's Raga is Bhairav .
There are more than 73 ragas in Indian classical music actually.
Basically there are exercises. You start with single note, then double, then triple, then you vary the speed and then you don't pronounce the note and just hummm it out along with intermediary notes as well , that's how the indian special vibrato happens ! Few hours per day as a kid every day for like 2 or 3 decades, and you can sing like this!
music is truly divine!