Raga Bhimpalasi
Bansuri
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Artiste Gharana Maihar Senia Gharana
Artiste Name Shri Venugopal Hegde
On Accompaniment Shri Vaibhav Bhat
On Tabla Shri Shrihari Diggavi
In this Bansuri Classroom video of 50 mins, Shri Venugopal Hegde explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Bhimpalasi.
Going further, the artiste plays serene bandishes in Madhya Laya ChaarTaal Ki Sawari, 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 Bhimpalasi on Bansuri, provided by Shri Venugopal 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 | Bhimpalasi | That | Kafi |
| Rasa | Shringar | Time | Afternoon |
| Jati | Audhav-Sampoorna | Scale | Pentatonic- Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Madhyam(m) | Samvadi | Shadja(S) |
| Ascending | S g m P n Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ n D P m g R S |
| Andolan Swara | Nishadh(n) &Gandhar(g) | Nyasa swara | Pancham(P) |
| Swaras in this raga : | Sa, Re, Komal ga, ma, Pa, Komal ni | ||
| P̣ n> | Sg> | m>P | n Ṡ | ġ> ṁ > | Ṗ > |
| ṁ ġ> Ṙ> | Ṡ >n> D> | P> m> g> | RS> | ṇ> Ḍ> | P̣>> |
Raga phirat
| P̣ ṇ> S>> | g> R>S> | S> ṇ> | S>~m>> | m> g> | R> S> |
| R n> S~m> | gm> Pn> | n> DP> | mg | RS> | ṇ ḌP> |
Raga Chalan
Aalap in Raga Bhimpalasi
Mandra -Madhya Saptak Aalap I:
| ṇ>> | ṇ>> | S>> | S>> | S>> | S>> | P̣ ṇ> | S>> |
| S>> | S>> | ||||||
| S>> | S>> | P̣S> | ṇ R> | S ṇ> | ṇ>> | ṇ>> | ṇ Ḍ> |
| ṇ Ḍ P̣>> | P>> | P>> | P̣>> | ṃ>> | ṃ>> | P̣>> | P̣>> |
| P̣>> | ṃ>> | P̣>> | P̣>> | P̣ ṇ> | ṇ>> | S>> | |
| P̣ ṇ> | S ṇ>> | P̣>> | ṇ>> | S ṇ>> | ṇ>> | S>> | P̣ ṇ> |
| Ḍ P̣> | P̣>> | ṇ>> | S>> | S>> | |||
| ṇ> | ṇ> | S>> | S>> | S>ṇ> | P̣>ṇ> | ṇ> | P̣ ṇ> |
| Sg> | g>> | R> | S ṇ> | S>> |
Raga Bhimpalasi Bandish - Composition
Bandish in Chartaal Ki Sawari
| Asthayi | ||||||||||
| Dha | Tirakita | Dhin | Na | Tin | Na | Kat | Dha | Dhin Dhin | Na Dhin | Dhin na |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| ṇ>>S | >>g> | >m>> | ||||||||
| P> | P> | gm | Pn | Ṡ> | nDP> | g> | R>S> | |||
| P̣>>ṇ | >>S> | >>m> | ||||||||
| m> | m> | gm | Pn | D> | P> | Sm | gR S> | |||
| Antara | |||||||||||
| Dha | Tirakita | Dhin | Na | Tin | Na | Kat | Dha | Dhin Dhin | Na Dhin | Dhin na | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| g>>m | >>P> | >n>> | |||||||||
| Ṡ> | Ṡ> | Pn | Ṡ ġ | ṁ ġ | ṁ > | ġ Ṙ | Ṡ> | ||||
| Ṡ>>Ṡ | >>Pn | Ṡ ġ Ṙ Ṡ | |||||||||
| n> | n> | gm | Pn | Ṡ>>P | n>DP | g> | RS | ||||
Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari
8 Beats Taan:
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Gm |
Pn |
Ṡ ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
nD |
Pm |
gR |
S> |
47 Beats Taan:
|
P ġ |
Ṙ Ṙ |
Ṡ Ṡ |
nn |
n ġ |
Ṙ Ṙ |
Ṡ Ṡ |
nn |
P Ṡ |
nn |
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DD |
Pp |
mm |
>> |
gg |
gm |
Pn |
>n, |
mm |
Pn |
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Ṡ ġ |
>ġ, |
nn |
n Ṡ |
ġ ṁ |
> ṁ , |
Ṡ> |
Ṡ ġ |
ṁ Ṗ |
>Ṗ |
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Ṡ ṁ |
ġ Ṙ |
Ṡ n, |
DP |
mP |
nD |
Pm |
gR |
S ṇ |
S> |
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ṇS |
gm |
Sg |
mP |
gm |
Pn |
Pn |
Ṡ ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
>Ṡ |
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ṁ ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
P Ṡ |
nD |
Pm |
gR |
S> |
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25 Beats Taan:
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P n |
Ṡ ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
n Ṡ |
n Ṡ |
ṁ ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
n Ṡ |
n Ṡ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
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nD |
Pm |
gm |
Pn |
DP |
mg |
mg |
mg |
RS |
ṇS |
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ṇS |
gm |
Pn |
Ṡ ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
nD |
Pm |
gm |
gR |
S ṇ |
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S> |
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11 Beats Taan:
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Pn |
Ṡ ṁ |
ġ Ṙ |
Ṡn |
n Ṡ |
ġ Ṙ |
Ṡ n |
DP |
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mg |
RS |
ṇS |
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11 Beats Taan:
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Ṡ> |
>n |
ġ> |
>Ṙ |
Ṡn |
DP |
mP |
mg |
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mg |
RS |
ṇS |
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