Raga Bilaskhani Todi
Sitar
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Artiste Gharana Dharwad Gharana
Artiste Name Ustad Shafique Khan
On Accompaniment Shrushti Suresh
On Tabla Shri Nissar Ahmad
In this Sitar Classroom video of 40 mins, Ustad Shafique Khan explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Bilaskhani Todi.
Going further, the artiste plays serene bandishes in Madhya Laya Teen Taal and Dhrut Teen Taal. After presenting intricate taans in the raga, he concludes the raga improvisation.
Please find the following comprehensive written practice materials for Raga Bilaskhani Todi on Sitar, provided by Ustad Shafique Khan 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 | Bilaskani Todi | That | Bhairavi |
| Rasa | Time | Morning | |
| Jati | Audhav- Sampoorna | Scale | Pentatonic-Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Samvadi | ||
| Ascending | S r g P d Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ ṙ n d Pd nd m g rg rS |
| Swaras in this raga | Sa, Komal re, Komal ga, ma, Pa, Komal dha, Komal Ni | ||
| g | P | d | m | gr | g> | rS> | r ṇ | S> rg> |
Raga Pakad
| P̣ ḍ ṇ ḍ | Sr gr | gP dP | Pd nd | Ṡ ṙ ġ ṙ | ġ ṙ nd | mg r ṇ | ḋ ṁ ġ |
| P̣ ḍ S | rg rS | ||||||
| P̣ḍ Sr gr ṇḍ | Sr gP dm gr | gP dṠ ṙn dP | gP dṠ ṙ ġ ṙS | ġ ṙ nd nd mg | mg rS rṇ ḍP̣ | ḍ S> | |
Raga Chalan
Practice Alankaras
The Practice Alankaras for the Raga will be coming soon..
This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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Aalap in Bilaskani Todi
| ṇ ḍ S > > | S > > | ḍ > > | r > > | ṇ ḍ > > | ḍ > > | S > > | |||
| ḍ > > | r > > | S >r > | Srg > > | g >r | ṇ > ḍ > > | S > > | |||
| r > > | ṇ ḍ > | P̣ ḍ ṇ > | ṇ > ḍ > | ṃ g̣ P̣ > > | g̣ P̣ > ḍ > > | g̣ P̣ > ḍ >ṇ | ḍ > ṃ | ṛ g̣ > ṛ > | g̣ > ṛ g̣ ṃ |
| g̣ > ṛ > | Ṣ. > > | ||||||||
| g̣ P̣ > ḍ > | g̣ P̣ > ḍ >ṇḍ | ḍ >~g > | r ṇ ḍ > | ṇ ḍ > | S > > | ||||
This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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Bilaskani Todi - Composition
| Asthayi | |||||||||||||||
| Dha | Dhin | Dhin | Dha | Dha | Dhin | Dhin | Dha | Dha | Tin | Tin | Ta | Ta | Dhin | Dhin | Dha |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| gPdn | d d | m m | g> r> | n> Sr | |||||||||||
| g> | g> | g> | rr | g> | PP | d> | dṠ ṙġ | ṙn | dm | gr S> | |||||
| Antara | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| gPdn | d d | m m | g>PP | d>nd | ||||||||||||
| Ṡ> | Ṡ> | Ṡ> | SrgP | gPdn | dṠ ṙġ | Ṗḋ ṅḋ | ṁġ ṙṠ | nd mg | r g | rs | ||||||
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Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari
The Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari Patterns for the Raga will be coming soon..
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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Raga Bilaskhani Todi Classroom Study
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Classroom study featuring Raga details, Alankaras, Aalap, Taan patterns, Bandish, etc., accompanied by a detailed video.