Raga Darbari Kanada
Rudra Veena
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Artiste Gharana Bande Ali Khan Gharana
Artiste Name Pt. Ramachandra Hegde
On Accompaniment Shri Subrahmanya Hegde
On Tabla Shri Vinayak Bhat
In this Rudra Veena Classroom video of 45 mins, Pandit Ramachandra Hegde gives the explanation of the Raga initially. Then starts with Raga improvisation with beautiful Aalap and then Jod Aalap In Darbari Kanada. Going further the artiste plays a serene Bandish in madhya laya Teen Taal and after playing intricate Taans in the Raga he concludes the Raga improvisation.

Please find the following comprehensive written practice elements for Raga Darbari Kanada in Rudra Veena given by Pandit Ramachandra Hegde on this extensive learning page.
*Do note that many of the Raga practice elements given for one instrument can be practiced in other instruments as well.
Raga Details
| Raga Name | Darbari Kanada | That | Asavari |
| Rasa | Gambhir | Time | Mid Night |
| Jati | Shadhav-Sampoorna | Scale | Hexatonic- Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Rishabh(R) | Samvadi | Pancham(P) |
| Ascending | S R g m P d n Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ d n P m P g> mR S |
| Swaras : Sa, Re, Komal Ga, Ma, Pa, Komal Dha, Komal Ni | |||
Practice Alankaras in Raga Darbari Kanada
Alankara I:
| Aroha | SRg> | mPd> | dn Ṡ> | |
| Avaroha | Ṡnd> | nPm > | Pmg | mg RS |
Alankara II:
| Aroha | SR SRg> | mP mPd> | Pn dn Ṡ> | |
| Avaroha | Ṡn SdP | Pm Pmg> | mg mgR | SR SRn S> |
Aalap in Raga Darbari Kanada
Mandra – Madhya Saptak Aalap I
| R>>R>> | ḍ>> | ḍ>> | ḍ>>~ṇ> | ḍ>> | ḍ ṇ> | ḍ>> | ṇ S>> |
| S>> | |||||||
| ṇSR> | R>~g~S> | ṇSR>> | R>~g~mRS> | SR>> | ṇ ḍ> | ṇ~P̣ | P̣>> |
| P̣>> | |||||||
| ṃ ṃ P̣>> | P̣>> | g.>> | ṃ~Ṛ >> | Ṣ Ṛ >> | ṃ g.> | P̣ ṃ>P̣>> | ṃ P̣ ḍ>> |
| ḍ>> ḍ> | ṇ~P̣> | ṃ P̣ ṇ~g.>> | ṃ Ṛ>> | Ṛ> Ṣ >> | Ṣ >> | ||
| Ṣ >> Ṛ >> | Ṛ ~g.> | g.>ṃ~Ṣ Ṛ> | Ṣ >> | Ṣ >> | Ṛ ṇ. ḍ.>> | ṇ.>Ṣ >> | Ṣ >> |
Raga Darbari Kanada Bandish - Composition
Bandish :
| 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 | |
| g | S | ḍ | > | ṇ | ||||||||||||
| S | > | S | > | ḍ | ṇ | S | R | g | > | S | ||||||
| S | R | g | > | m | ||||||||||||
| P | > | > | > | m | P | g | m | R | > | S | ||||||
| Antara | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| m | P | d | > | n | ||||||||||||
| Ṡ | > | > | > | Ṡ | > | > | > | Ṡ | > | Ṡ | ||||||
| Ṡ | > | d | > | d | ||||||||||||
| n | > | P | > | m | P | g | m | R | > | S | ||||||
Taan - Palta - Layakari Patterns
8 Beats Taan :
| g> | mP | d> | mP | g> | mR | R> | SS |
8 Beats Taan :
| ḍ ṇ | SR | gR | S> | gm | RR | ṇ ṇ | S> |
10 Beats Taan :
| ḍ ṇ | SR | gR | S> | SR | gm | RS | ṇS |
| d. ṇ | S> |
12 Beats Taan :
| SR | gg | mm | PP | mP | gg | mm | RR |
| ṇ ṇ | SR | ṇS | RS |
8 Beats Taan :
| ḍ ṇ | SR | dr | S> | SR | gg | mR | S> |