[Musical Styles] Raga Hamsadhwani on Chandraveena

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Cover Notes:
How do musical instruments influence the style of playing? I talked about the physical and structural differences of Chandraveena compared to Saraswati Veena earlier - • [Comparison] Chandrave...
Here is a short Alapana in Raga Hamsadhwani to showcase Chandraveena and how its acoustic qualities lend themselves to its characteristic style of playing. You can compare it with an Alapana on Saraswati Veena at • [Musical Styles] Raga ...
If you like this video, be sure to check out the full video on Story of Chandraveena at • Story of Chandraveena and check my website (www.chandravee...) and Bandcamp page (chandraveena.b...) for more content.
Program Notes
Raga Alapana in Hamsadhwani
Raga Alapana is an improvisation and a systematic presentation of a Raga. This part has no rhythmic accompaniment. It has three parts - Alap, Jod and Jhala. This format is also known as Ragam and Tanam.
Here are some notes about the Raga.
Raga - Hamsadhwani
Scale - Sa Re Ga Pa Ni
Family - Kalyani (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni)
Melakartha - Sankarabharanam (Sa Re Ga ma Pa Dha Ni)
Prahar - 5th Prahar (6 pm - 9 pm)
Reading the scale: In Indian Classical Music, the seven notes in an octave are called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni and then Sa comes again. Notes with a capitalised first letter are called Tivra (or sharp) notes. E.g., Ni above. Notes written fully in lower case are called Komal (or flat) notes. There are no Komal or Flat notes in this Raga. Sa and Pa are always written with a capitalized first letter.
Prahar: In Indian Classical Music, Ragas are classified into Prahars (time periods of a day or night) which are said to represent the most appropriate time to perform the Raga.
About the artist:
S Balachander is an Indian Classical musician and the inventor and performing artist of Chandraveena. To learn more, visit www.chandravee...
Credits:
Chandraveena - S Balachander
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[@prabhasrikanth]

Very nice

[@Chandraveena]

Thank you! Hope you could listen to other performances too.

[@rkmr41]

I love Indian music culture. Sitar, Veena, Sarod must be heaven's instrument there 😊

[@Chandraveena]

Absolutely, we've some wonderful instruments, and an equally wonderful music to play!