Raga Hamsadhwani
Violin
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Artiste Gharana Gwalior Gharana
Artiste Name Pt Shankar Kabadi
On Accompaniment Kum Sinchana Danageri
On Tabla Shri Malemallesh Hugar
In this Violin Classroom video of 50 mins, Pandit Shankar Kabadi explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Hamsadhwani.
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 Hamsadhwani on Violin, provided by Pandit Shankar Kabadi 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 | Hamsadhwani | That | Bilawal |
| Rasa | Bhakti, Shringar | Time | Evening |
| Jati | Audhav- Audhav | Scale | Pentatonic- Pentatonic |
| Vadi | Shadja(S) | Samvadi | Pancham(P) |
| Ascending | S R G P N Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ N P G R S |
| Swaras in this raga : Sa, Re, Ga, Pa, Ni | |||
| R>> | GP> | GP> | N> | PG | R> GR | Ṇ>P̣> | S>> |
Raga Pakad
| Ṇ>> | S>> | R>> | ṆS>> | S Ṇ>P> | P̣ Ṇ> | NP~S> | S>> |
| P> | ṆS R> | G> | R>> | RGP>> | GP GR> | PGR> | Ṇ P̣> |
| ṆSR> | S>> | ||||||
| P GR> | N>> | N>> | PN> | Ṡ>> | N Ṡ Ṙ>> | ṠN> | P>> |
| NP GR> | GR>> | Ṇ P̣~ S>> |
Raga Chalan
Raga Practice Alankaras
AlaNkara I:
| Aroha | P̣ Ṇ S Ṇ P | Ṇ S R S Ṇ | SR G RS | R G P GR |
| GPNPG | PN Ṡ NP | |||
| Avaroh | PN ṠNP | GP NPG | RGPGR | SRGRS |
| ṆS RS Ṇ | P̣ Ṇ S Ṇ P̣ |
AlaNkara II:
| Aroha | P̣ Ṇ P̣ Ṇ SRG | ṆS ṆS RGP | SR SR GPN | RG RG P N Ṡ |
| Avaroh | ṠN ṠN PGR | NP NP GRS | PG PG RS Ṇ | RS RS Ṇ Ṇ P̣ |
Raga Aalap
Mandra -Madhya Saptak Aalap I:
| Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | S>> | Ṇ>>S | Ṇ>> P̣>> | P̣>> | P̣ Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> P̣> |
| P̣ Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | S>> | |||||
| S>> | S>> | Ṇ S R Ṇ> | Ṇ>> P̣>> | P̣>> | P̣ G̣ >> | G̣ Ṛ>> | Ṛ G̣ > |
| P̣ G̣ >> | G̣ >> | Ṛ Ṣ >> | Ṣ >> | ||||
| Ṣ G̣ Ṛ >> | Ṛ >> | Ṛ >> | G̣ Ṛ >> | Ṣ G̣ Ṛ >> | Ṛ >> | G̣ >> | G̣ >> |
| P̣>> P̣>> | G̣ Ṛ > G̣ P̣> | G̣ >> P̣>> | P̣ G̣ Ṛ >> | Ṛ >> Ṣ >> | |||
| Ṣ > | G̣ G̣ Ṛ >> | Ṛ G̣ Ṛ > | P̣ G̣ > | P̣>> G̣ >> | P̣ P̣ G̣ Ṛ >> | G̣ >>G̣ >> | G̣ Ṛ >> |
| P̣ G̣ >> | P̣>>P̣>> | G̣ P̣ Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | P̣>> | P̣ Ṇ S>> | S>> |
Raga Hamsadhwani 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 | > | P | R | > | S | Ṇ | S | |||||||||
| P̣ | R | > | S | R | > | S | R | |||||||||
| S | R | G | P | N | Ṡ Ṙ | Ṡ | N P | |||||||||
| PG | R | GR | S | RS | Ṇ | ṆS | R | |||||||||
| 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 | |
| P | G | P | P | P | P | N | N | |||||||||
| Ṡ | > | Ṡ | Ṡ | N Ṡ | Ṙ | Ṡ | > | |||||||||
| P | G | P | P | P | P | N | P | |||||||||
| Ṡ | Ṙ | Ġ | Ṙ | Ṡ | N | Ṡ Ġ | Ṙ | |||||||||
| Ṡ | > | n | P | Ṡ | Ṙ | G | Ṙ Ṡ | |||||||||
| P | R | > | S | R | > | S | R | |||||||||
Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari Patterns
7 Beats Taan:
| P̣ > | S Ṇ | P̣ Ṇ | SR | GP | GR | S Ṇ | S> |
8 Beats Taan:
| P̣ Ṇ | S R | Ṇ S | RG | SR | GP | GR | S Ṇ |
| S> |
8 Beats Taan:
| P̣ Ṇ | SR | ṆS | RG | SR | GP | GP | N Ṡ | NP | GR |
| S Ṇ | S> |
16 Beats Taan :
| P Ṇ | S Ṇ | SR | SR | GR | GP | GP | NP |
| N Ṡ | ṠN | PN | PG | PG | RG | RS | RS |
| Ṇ S | Ṇ P̣ |


