Raga Gunkali
Harmonium
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Artiste Name Shri Guruprasad Hegde
On Accompaniment Shri Dinesh Hegde
On Tabla Shri Nitin Hegde
In this Harmonium Classroom video of 40 mins, Shri Guruprasad Hegde explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Gunkali.
Going further, the artiste plays serene bandish in Ek Taal. After presenting intricate taans in the raga, he concludes the raga improvisation.
Please find the following comprehensive written practice materials for Raga Gunkali on Harmonium, provided by Shri Guruprasad Hegde on this extensive learning page.
*Do note that many of the raga practice materials provided for one instrument can also be practiced on other instruments.
Raga Details
| Raga Name | Gunkali | That | Bhairav |
| Rasa | Time | Morning(First Prahar of the day) | |
| Jati | Audhav-Audhav | Scale | Pentatonic- Pentatonic |
| Vadi | Dhaivat(d) | Samvadi | Rishabh(r) |
| Ascending | S r m P d Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ d P m r S |
| Swaras in this raga : | Sa, Komal Re, ma, Pa, Komal Dha, Ni | ||
| Sr>> | mP d m> | m> | r ḍ S> | S>> |
Raga Pakad
Practice Alankaras in Raga Gunkali
Alankara I:
| Aroha | Srm | rmP | mPd | Pd Ṡ |
| Avaroha | SdP | dPm | Pmr | mrS |
Alankara II:
| Aroha | SrmP | rm Pd | mPd Ṡ |
| Avaroha | Ṡd Pm | dP mr | Pm rS |
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Aalap in Raga Gunkali
Mandra – Madhya Saptak Aalap I
| ḍ > > | S > > | ḍ S r > > | ḍ ~ r > > | S > > | ḍ > > | S > > > | |
| ḍ S r S | ḍ S > r s > | r S ḍ > > | P̣ > > | P̣ ḍ S | ḍ P̣ > | ḍ S r > | S ḍ P̣ > > |
| ḍ S ḍ P̣ > > | ḍ S ḍ r S > | ḍ P̣ > > | r S ḍ P̣ | S ḍ P̣ > | ḍ P̣ > > ḍ P̣ m > | ṃ P̣ > > | ṃ ḍ > > |
| ḍ P̣ ṃ > | ḍ P̣ ṃ ṛ > > | Ṣ > > | |||||
| Ṣ > > Ṣ ṛ > > | Ṣ ṛ ṃ > > | ṛ ṃ > ṛ ṃ P̣ > > | ṛ P̣ ṃ P̣ > > | Ṣ ṛ ṃ P̣ > > | ṛ ṃ > ṛ ṃ P̣ > > | ṃ p ḍ > > | P̣ > > |
| ṃ ṃ P̣ ḍ | P̣ > | ṛ ṛ ṃ P̣ ḍ | ṃ ḍ P̣ > > | ṛ ḍ P̣ > > | r m > > ṛ P̣ > > | ṛ ḍ > > | ṛ ṃ P̣ ḍ > > |
| ṛ ḍ > > | ṛ P̣ > ṛ ṃ > > | ṛ ṃ P̣ ḍ | ṃ ḍ P̣ > > |
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Raga Gunkali Bandish - Composition
| Asthayi | |||||||||||
| Dhin | Dhin | Dha Ge | Tirakita | To | Na | Kat | Tin | Dha Ge | Tirakita | Dhi | Na |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| d | > | P | d | m | m | P | m | S | r | m | P |
| m | > | r | m | r | S | ḍ | S | r | m | r | S |
| d | S | r | m | P | d | Ṡd | Pm | dP | mr | Pm | rS |
| Antara | |||||||||||
| Dhin | Dhin | Dha Ge | Tirakita | To | Na | Kat | Tin | Dha Ge | Tirakita | Dhi | Na |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| m | m | m | m | P | P | d | d | Ṡ | > | Ṡ | Ṡ |
| d | Ṡ | ṙ | ṁ | r | Ṡ | > | Ṡ | d | > | P | > |
| ṙ | Ṡ | d | P | m | Ṡ | d | P | m | r | Sr | mP |
Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari
8 Beats Taan :
| ḍ Ṇ | Sr | gM | dM | rg | Mg | rS | ṆS |
16 Beats Taan :
| Sr | mP | dP | mP | d Ṡ | ṙ Ṡ | d Ṡ | dP |
| mr | mP | dP | mr | S> |
16 Beats Taan :
| Sr | mP | d Ṡ | ṙ Ṡ | d Ṡ | ṙ ṁ | ṙ Ṡ | d Ṡ |
| ṙ Ṡ | d Ṡ | dP | mP | dP | mr | Pm | rS |
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