Raga Nat Bhairav
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 Nat Bhairav.
Going further, the artiste plays serene bandish 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 Nat Bhairav 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 | Nat Bhairav | That | Bhairav |
| Rasa | Time | Morning | |
| Jati | Sampoorna-Sampoorna | Scale | Heptatonic- Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Madhyam(m) | Samvadi | Shadja(S) |
| Ascending | S R G m P d N Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ n d P m G R S |
| Swaras in this raga : | Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa, Komal Dha, Ni | ||
Practice Alankaras in Raga Nat Bhairav
The Practice Alankaras for the Raga will be coming soon..
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Aalap in Raga Nat Bhairav
Mandra – Madhya Saptak Aalap I
| Ṇ > > | Ṇ ḍ > > | ḍ > > | S > > | S > > | SR > > | S > > | R >S |
| R >S Ṇ ḍ > | ḍ > > | P̣ > > | G̣ ṃ ḍ > > | ṆS >ḍ > > | ḍ > ḍ ṆS > > | S > > | |
| ḍ > ṆS | R > > | Ṇ SR > > | RG >R > | S Ṇ ḍ > > | ḍ Ṇ ḍ > | Ṇ S Ṇ > > | SR > G > > |
| Gm GR > > | GR > > | S Ṇ ḍ > > | S > > | ||||
| ḍ Ṇ > | ḍ > > | ḍS Ṇ ḍ > | ḍ Ṇ SR | GR SR S > | Ṇ ḍ > | G̣ ṃ ḍ > | Ṇ >ḍ > |
| S > > | |||||||
| R > GmP > > | mP > > | mGR > > | SR > > | ḍ Ṇ SR > | ḍ Ṇ ḍ > | ḍ > > | ḍ > > S > > |
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Raga Nat Bhairav Bandish - Composition
| 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 | |
| d | d | P | > | m | ||||||||||||
| P | > | > | > | G | R | G | m | R | > | S | ||||||
| Ṇ | S | R | > | S | ||||||||||||
| ḍ | > | > | > | S | Ṇ | R | S | G | R | S | ||||||
| S | S | R | G | m | ||||||||||||
| d | > | Ṡ | > | d | 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 | |
| G | m | d | > | d | ||||||||||||
| Ṡ | > | Ṡ | Ṡ | d | N | Ṡ | Ṙ | Ġ | Ṙ | S | ||||||
| N | Ṡ | Ṙ | Ġ | Ṙ | ||||||||||||
| Ṡ | > | Ṡ | Ṡ | Ṡ | > | N | d | Ṡ | > | Ṡ | ||||||
| N | d | N | d | P | ||||||||||||
| P | > | P | d | m | > | G | m | R | > | S | ||||||
Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari
8 Beats Taan :
| ṆS | RG | mP | dP | mP | dP | mG | RS |
8 Beats Taan :
| Gm | Pd | N Ṡ | Ṙ Ṡ | Nd | Pm | GR | S> |
32 Beats Taan:
| Gm | Pd | N Ṡ | Ṙ Ġ | ṁ Ġ | Ṙ Ṡ | N Ṡ | Ṙ Ṡ |
| Nd | Pm | GR | Gm | Pd | N Ṡ | Nd | Pm |
| Pd | N Ṡ | Ṙ Ġ | ṁ Ġ | Ṙ Ṡ | Nd | Pm | Gm |
| Pd | N Ṡ | Nd | Pm | Gm | Pm | GR | S> |
16 Beats Taan :
| SR | Gm | Pd | Nd | Pm | Pd | N Ṡ | Ṙ Ṡ |
| dN | SR | GR | ṠN | ṠN | dP | mG | RS |
16 Beats Taan :
| P̣ ḍ | ṆS | ḍ Ṇ | SR | Gm | Pm | GR | S> |
| RG | mP | Gm | Pd | Nd | Pm | GR | S> |
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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This sub section of the Raga classroom is accessible to the members of Sangeetapriya academy of music.
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Raga Nat Bhairav Classroom Study
* Categorised in respect to seniority of the artistes
Raga Nat Bhairav In Violin
Classroom study featuring Raga details, Alankaras, Aalap, Taan patterns, Bandish, etc., accompanied by a detailed video.
Raga Nat Bhairav In Sitar
Classroom study featuring Raga details, Alankaras, Aalap, Taan patterns, Bandish, etc., accompanied by a detailed video.
Raga Nat Bhairav In Bansuri
Classroom study featuring Raga details, Alankaras, Aalap, Taan patterns, Bandish, etc., accompanied by a detailed video.