Raga Kirwani
Sitar
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Artiste Gharana Dharwad Gharana
Artiste Name Ustad Shafique Khan
On Accompaniment Kum Medha Gadgil and Kum. Shrushti Suresh
On Tabla Shri Nissar Ahmad
In this Sitar Classroom video of 45 mins, Ustad Shafique Khan explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Kirwani.
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 Kirwani 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 | Kirwani | That | |
| Rasa | Time | All time | |
| Jati | Sampoorna-Sampoorna | Scale | Heptatonic- Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Rishabh(R) | Samvadi | Pancham(P) |
| Ascending | S R g m P d N Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ N d P m g R S |
| Swaras in this raga | Sa, Re Komal ga, ma, Pa, Komal dha, Ni | ||
| P̣ ḍ Ṇ S | Rg mP | dN Ṡ Ṙ | ġ Ṙ Ṡ N | dP mg | RS Ṇ ḍ | ||
| P̣ ḍ Ṇ S | RS Ṇ ḍ | ṆS Rg | mg RS | Rg mP | dP mg | mP dN | ṠN dP |
| dN ṠR | ġ Ṙ Ṡ N | ṠN dP | dP mg | mg RS | RS Ṇ ḍ |
Raga Chalan
Aalap in Raga Kirwani
Mandra -Madhya Saptak Aalap I
| ṆS ḍ > > | ḍ > > | S > > | S > > | S > > | Ṇ ḍ > > | ḍ > > | S > > |
| S > > | S > > | ḍ Ṇ S > | gR > > | R > > | ṆRS > > | S > > | |
| ḍ ḍ P̣ > > | P̣ ḍ ṃ ḍ > | P̣ > | ḍ P̣ ṃ Ṛ | g. > > | Ṛ g. > | Ṣ g. Ṛ > > | Ṛ g. P̣ > > |
| Ṛ g. ḍ > > | ḍ ḍ P̣ > | g. Ṛ Ṣ > > | Ṣ > > | ||||
| S > > | ṆS > > | Ṇ ḍ > > | S > > | S > Ṇ > > | R Ṇ ḍ > > | ḍ > > | P̣ ḍ > |
| ṃ ḍ P̣ > > | ḍ P̣ ṃ | Ṛ g. > > | Ṛ g. Ṛ > > | Ṣ > > |
Raga Kirwani Bandish - Composition
Bandish 1 in Teentaal
| 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 | |
| Rg | R> | Ṇ Ṇ | S>R> | g>md | ||||||||||||
| P> | P> | P> | md | P> | Rm | g> | Sg | R> | Ṇ ḍ | 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 | |
| Rg | R>g> | >m | >P | >d NṘ | ||||||||||||
| Ṡ> | Ṡ Ṡ | Ṙ> | Ṙġṁ> | ġ Ṙ | Ṡ Ṙ | Ṡ > | dd | P> | gR | RS | ||||||