Raga Malkauns
Vocal
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Artiste Gharana Gwalior Gharana
Artiste Name Shri Satish Bhat
On Accompaniment Shri Nagaraj Hegde
On Tabla Shri Vinatak Bhat
In this Vocal Classroom video of 40 mins, Shri Satish Bhat explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Malkauns.
Going further, the artiste plays serene bandishes in Teen Taal. After presenting intricate taans in the raga, he concludes the raga improvisation.

Please find the following comprehensive written practice materials for Raga Malkauns on Vocal, provided by Shri Satish Bhat 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 : Malkauns | That : Bhairavi |
| Rasa : Veera, Gambhir | Time : Third Prahar of Night |
| Jati : Audhav- Audhav | Scale : Pentatonic- Pentatonic |
| Vadi : Madhyam(m) | Samvadi : Shadja(S) |
| Ascending : S g m d n Ṡ | Descending : Ṡ n d m g m g S |
| Swaras in this raga : Sa, Komal Ga, ma, Komal Dha, Komal ni | |
| mg> | md> | n>> | d> | m>> | g> | S>> | |
Raga Pakad
| ṇ> d>> | ṇ ṇ> S>> | ṇS> | ṇS g>~ḍ>> | ḍ ṇS | g>> | S>> | |
| g>~ṇ>> S>> | ḍ ṇ ḍ>> | ḍ ṇ S g>> | m>> | m>g>>~S> | S>> | ||
| Sg> | g>m>> | m>g> S> | mg>~ṇ> | ṇS ḍ ṇ ḍ> | ḍ ṇ Sg> | g>m>> | gmg> |
| m>g> S>> | |||||||
| Sg> md>> | dmg>~ṇ | ḍ ṇ ḍ> | ḍ ṇ ḍ> | ḍ>ṇ Sgm> | dm>> | mg>> | S>> |
Raga Chalan
Practice Alankaras in Raga Malkauns
Alankara I:
| Aroha | Sg mg S ṇ S | gm dm gSg | md nd mgm | dn Ṡn dmd | n Ṡ ġ Ṡ ndn |
| dn Ṡn ṠnṠ | |||||
| Avaroh | Ṡn dn ṠġṠ | nd md n Ṡn | dm gm dnd | mg Sg mdm | gS ṇS gmg |
| mg Sg S> S> |
Alankara II:
| Aroha | Sgmd | gmdn | mdn Ṡ | dn Ṡg | Ṡ n Ṡ |
| Avaroh | Ṡndm | ndmg | dmgS | mgS ṇ | SgS |
Aalap in Raga Malkauns
Mandra -Madhya Saptak Aalap1
| mg>S>> | ṇ>d | ṇ>S>> | ṇ ḍ ṇS g>> | S>> | ṇ ḍ ṇ> | ḍ>> | ḍ ṇ S>> |
| g>> | gmg S>> | g> | S ṇ>> | ḍ ṇ Sg>> | S>> ṇ ḍ> | ḍ ṇ> g>> | S>> |
| ḍ ṇ>> | ṇ S g> | Sg>> | gS ṇ ḍ ṇ>> | ḍ>> | S>> | ||
| ṇ Smg>> | g~ṇ>>S | ṇ>S>> | ḍ ṇ ḍ> | ṇS g>> | S ṇ ḍ>> | S>> | |
| gsg> | g>> | Sg mg> | S>> | Sm>g | m>g | m>g m> | m>> |
| g> S>> |
Raga Malkauns Bandish - Composition
| Bandish in Teentaal | |
| Asthayi | Antara |
| Koyaliya Bole Ambuva Dala Par,
Ritu Basant Ki Deta Sandesava. |
Naya Kaliyana Para Gunjata Bavara,
Unake Sanga Karata ranga raliya. |
| 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 | |
| Ko | ya | li | ya | Bo | le | Am | bu | |||||||||
| Ṡ | Ṡ | n ġ | Ṡ | d | m | d | n | |||||||||
| va | > | > | Da | > | la | Pa | ra | |||||||||
| Ṡ | > | > | d | n | d | m | m | |||||||||
| Ri | tu | Ba | San> | >> | ta | Ki | > | |||||||||
| g | g | g | md | n Ṡ | n | Ṡ | > | |||||||||
| De | > | ta | San | de | sa | va | > | |||||||||
| Ṡ g | Ṡ | nd | m | g | m | g | S | |||||||||
| Antara | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Na | ya | Ka | li | ya | na | Pa | ra | |||||||||
| m | m | g | g | m | m | d | d | |||||||||
| Gun | > | ja | ta | Ba | va | ra | > | |||||||||
| Ṡ | > | Ṡ | Ṡ | ġ | n | Ṡ | > | |||||||||
| U | na | Ke | > | San | > | ga | Ka | |||||||||
| n | n | n | n | Ṡ | Ṡ | Ṡ | ṁ | |||||||||
| ra | ta | ran | ga | ra | li | ya | > | |||||||||
| ġ | Ṡ | n ġ | Ṡ | d | n | d | > | |||||||||
Taan - Palta - Layakari Patterns
8 Beats Taan :
| Sg | md | n Ṡ | nd | md | nd | mg | S> |
8 Beats Taan :
| mg | dm | gm | d> | md | n> | dn | Ṡ> |
12 Beats Taan:
| Sg | m> | gm | d> | md | n> | dn | Ṡ> | dn | Ṡn | dm | gS |
16 Beats Taan :
| mm | gm | mg | S ṇ | Sd | dm | dm | gS |
| gm | dn | gm | dn | gm | dn | Ṡn | Ṡ> |
32 Beats Taan :
| Sg | md | mg | S> | gm | dn | dm | g> |
| md | n Ṡ | nd | m> | dn | Ṡ ġ | Ṡn | d> |
| n Ṡ | dn | Ṡn | dm | gm | dm | gm | gS |
| gm | dn | Ṡn | dm | gm | dm | gm | gS |