Raga Maru Bihag
Harmonium
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Artiste Name Shri Guruprasad Hegde
On Accompaniment Shri Dinesh Hegde
On Tabla Shri Nitin Hegde
In this Harmonium Classroom video of 45 mins, Shri Guruprasad Hegde explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Maru Bihag.
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 Maru Bihag on Harmonium, provided by Shri Guruprasad 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 | Maru Bihag | That | Kalyan |
| Rasa | Shringar | Time | Night |
| Jati | Audhav- Sampoorna | Scale | Pentatonic- Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Pancham(P) | Samvadi | Shadja(S) |
| Ascending | S G M P N Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ N DP M G R S |
| Swaras in this raga : | Sa, Re, Ga,Ma, Teevra Ma, Pa, Da,Ni | ||
| P> | MP> | M>G> | MG | R>S | ṆS~m>G | MP MG> |
| M>G | R>>S> | S>> |
Raga Pakad
| Ṇ>> | S>> | S>> | Ṇ>Ḍ P̣> | Ṃ>P̣> | G̣ Ṃ P̣> | G̣ Ṃ P̣ Ṇ> | P̣ Ṇ> |
| Ṇ>> | S>> | ||||||
| Ṇ S> | ṆSG>> | SG>> | G>> | SG> | M>G> | MG> | MG> |
| SR>> | S>> | ||||||
| Ṇ> S>> | SG>> | GM>> | MG> | GMP>> | P>> | P>> | MG> |
| GMP>> | P>> | P>> | MG> | GM DP> | P>> | GM PN> | PN> |
| DP>> | M>G> | MG SR> | S>> | ||||
| GMP | MPN>> | P N>DP | GMP> | N>> | PN>> | Ṡ> | Ṡ> |
| N Ṡ> | Ṡ> | NDP> | MP> | MG>> | PMG> | MG> | R>S> |
Raga Chalan
Practice Alankaras in Raga Maru Bihag
Alankara I:
| Aroha | ṆSG | SGM | GMP | MPN | PN Ṡ | |
| Avaroha | Ṡ ND | NDP | DPM | PMG | MR R | GRS |
Alankara II:
| Aroha | ṆS GM | SGMP | GMPN | MPN Ṡ |
| Avaroha | ṠN DP | NDPM | DPMG | MG RS |
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Aalap in Raga Maru Bihag
Mandra -Madhya Saptak Aalap I:
| S>> | S>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | S>> | S>> | S Ṇ> | RS>> |
| S Ṇ> | Ḍ Ḍ P̣> | P̣>> | P̣ Ṇ> | Ṇ>> | S>. | ||
| S Ṇ> | Ṇ Ḍ P̣> | Ṃ>P̣>> | P̣>> | Ṃ P̣ Ṇ>> | Ṇ>Ḍ P̣> | Ṇ>Ḍ P̣> | MP> |
| Ṇ>Ḍ P̣>> | Ṃ G̣ > | Ṃ P̣> | P̣> | Ṃ Ḍ P̣> | P̣ Ṃ G̣ > | Ṃ G̣ Ṛ Ṣ > | |
| Ṃ G̣ > | Ṣ Ṛ > | Ṣ >> | Ṇ. Ṣ > | Ṇ Ṣ G̣ > | Ṣ G̣ >> | Ṣ G̣ Ṃ> | G̣ Ṃ> |
| G̣ Ṃ P̣> | Ṃ P̣> | G̣ >Ṃ> | G̣ Ṃ P̣> Ṇ> | P̣ Ṇ> | Ṇ> S> | S>> | |
| G̣ Ṃ P̣> | Ṃ P̣ Ṇ> | P̣ Ṇ> | P̣ Ṇ | P̣ Ṇ S Ṛ > | Ṇ>> | P̣ Ṇ> | S>> |
| R Ṇ>> | P̣ Ṇ> | P̣ Ṇ S> | R Ṇ SR> | ṆS> | Ṇ Ḍ P̣> | P̣ Ṇ> | P̣ Ṣ Ṇ> |
| Ṇ> | S>> |
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Raga Maru Bihag Bandish - Composition
Bandish 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 | |
| Ṇ | S | GM | P | M | ||||||||||||
| P | > | > | > | G | > | G | M | R | > | S | ||||||
| M | G | R | > | S | ||||||||||||
| N | > | > | > | N | > | S | G | R | > | S | ||||||
| Ṇ | S | m | > | G | ||||||||||||
| G | > | > | > | N | D | P | M | G | 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 |
| G | M | P | N | N | |||||||||||
| Ṡ | > | > | > | Ṡ | > | Ṡ | N | Ṙ | > | Ṡ | |||||
| Ṁ | Ġ | Ṙ | > | Ṡ | |||||||||||
| N | > | > | > | N | Ṡ | D | > | MP | M | G | |||||
| N | D | P | M | P | |||||||||||
| M | > | > | G | G | > | G | M | R | > | S | |||||
| Ṇ | S | m | > | G | |||||||||||
| N | > | ND | P | > | P | > | M | G | R | S | |||||
Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari
8 Beats Taan :
| GM | PD | PM | GM | GM | MG | RS | ṆS |
8 Beats Taan :
| ṠN | DP | MP | MG | MG | MG | RS | ṆS |
12 Beats Taan :
| ṆS | GM | PM | GM | PN | DP | MP | MG |
| MG | MG | R S | ṆS |
16 Beats Taan:
| S Ṇ | Ḍ P̣ | Ṃ P̣ | ṆS | ṆS | GM | PM | GM |
| PN | ṠN | DP | MG | MG | MG | RS | ṆS |
27 Beats Taan :
| ṆS | mG | MP | MP | GM | PN | ṠN | DP |
| N Ṡ | Ġ Ṁ | Ṗ Ṁ | Ġ Ṁ | Ṁ Ġ | Ṙ Ṡ | N Ṡ | Ṡ N |
| Ṙ Ṡ | N Ṡ | ND | PM | DP | MP | MG | MG |
| MG | RS | ṆS |
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