Raga Shyam Kalyan
Vocal
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Artiste Gharana Gwalior Gharana
Artiste Name Shri Satish Bhat
On Accompaniment Shri Nagaraj Hegde
On Tabla Shri Vinayak Bhat
In this Vocal Classroom video of 40 mins, Shri Satish Bhat explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Shyam Kalyan.
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 Shyam Kalyan 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 | Shyam Kalyan | That | Kalyan |
| Rasa | Time | First Prahar of the Night | |
| Jati | Audhav- Sampoorna | Scale | Pentatonic- Heptatonic |
| Vadi | Pancham(P) | Samvadi | Shadja(S) |
| Ascending | Ṇ S R M P N Ṡ | Descending | Ṡ N D P, M P D M P,G mR S |
| Swaras in this raga | Sa, Re, Ga,ma, Teevra Ma,Pa,Da,Ni,Sa | ||
| RṆS>> | RM>P> | DM>P | Gm>R> | S |
Raga Pakad
| RṆ>> | S>> | P̣ṆSR ṆSṆ>> | S>> | R>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | S>> |
| R> | R>>M>P> | Gm>R>> | RMPD MDP>> | GmP GmR>> | DM>P>> | P>Gm>R>> | R>> |
| SR>SṆ>> | S>> |
Raga Chalan
Practice Alankaras in Raga Shyam Kalyan
Alankara I:
| Aroha | SR SRMP | RM RMPN | MP MPN Ṡ | PN PN Ṡ Ṙ | NṠ NṠṘṠ |
| Avaroh | Ṡ N ṠNDP | ND NDPM | DP DPMP | Gm GM RS | Ṇ RS |
Alankara II:
| Aroha | SRM | RMP | MPN | PN Ṡ | |
| Avaroh | ṠND | NDP | DPM | PMP | GmRS |
Aalap in Raga Shyam Kalyan
Mandra – Madhya Saptak Aalap I
| R > > | S > > | SR > | S Ṇ > | P̣ Ṇ SR > > | SR > | S >Ṇ | S > > |
| R Ṇ > | P̣ Ṇ > > | S > > | R Ṇ > | P̣ Ṇ > > | Ṇ > | S > | R > |
| Ṇ > > | S > > | ||||||
| ṆS R Ṇ | S > > | Ṇ S > | ṆR > > | R > S Ṇ > | Ṇ >S > | ṆS > | ṆSRS |
| ṆSR > | R > N > | S > | R ṆS | Ṇ Ḍ P̣ > > | P̣ Ṇ > | P̣ S > | P̣ R > > |
| N > > | SNR > | S Ṇ > | S Ṇ > | S > > | |||
| Ṇ > | SR > | S > > | Ṇ > SR > > | R > > | S > > | SR > | S > > |
| N > > | R > > | mR > | M > > | RMM > > | PMP | MP > | GmR > |
| S > > |
Raga Shyam Kalyan Bandish - Composition
| Bandish in Teentaal | |
| Asthayi | Antara |
| Savanaki Sanja bhayi,
Moko Dukhada Bhayi |
Aananda ki Taranga Moko,
Uthata nahi nahi |
| 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 |
| Sa> | >> | >> | >> | >> | va | na | ki | ||||||||
| RM | PD | MP | Gm | Gm | R | S | S | ||||||||
| san | > | > | ja> | > | bha | yi | > | ||||||||
| R | > | > | RM | P | M | P | > | ||||||||
| Mo | > | ko | > | Du | kha | da | bha | ||||||||
| M | > | P | > | M | P | D | P | ||||||||
| yi | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | ||||||||
| D | > | M | > | P | G | m | R |
| Antara | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Aa | > | nan | > | da | ki | > | Ta | |||||||||
| PD | P | Ṡ | > | Ṡ | Ṡ | > | Ṙ | |||||||||
| ran | > | > | ga | Mo | > | ko | > | |||||||||
| N | > | D | P | D | N | P | > | |||||||||
| > | U | tha | ta | > | na | hi | na | |||||||||
| > | M | M | P | > | P | D | P | |||||||||
| hi | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | |||||||||
| D | > | M | P | G | m | R | > | |||||||||
Taan - Palta - Layakari Patterns
8 Beats Taan :
| SR | ṆS | PM | DP | PM | DP | Gm | RS |
8 Beats Taan :
| RM | PN | DP | MP | MP | DP | Gm | RS |
12 Beats Taan :
| RR | RR | RS | ṆS | Pm | Pm | Gm | RS | RM | ON | Ṡ N | Ṡ> |
16 Beats Taan :
| SR | PM | ṠN | DP | MP | DP | Gm | RS |
| ṆS | RM | PN | Ṡ> | ṠN | DP | Gm | RS |
32 Beats Taan :
| ṆS | RM | SR | MP | RM | PN | MP | N Ṡ |
| PN | ṠR | ṠN | DP | NN | DP | MP | DP |
| Gm | RS | ṆR | S> | RM | PN | ṠN | Ṡ> |
| RM | PN | ṠN | Ṡ> | RM | PN | ṠN | Ṡ> |