Raga Yaman
Bansuri
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Artiste Gharana Maihar Senia Gharana
Artiste Name Shri Venugopal S Hegde
On Accompaniment Shri Sriram Bhat
On Tabla Shri Shrihari Diggavi
In this Bansuri Classroom video of 60 mins, Shri Venugopal Hegde explains the raga, then starts the improvisation with beautiful Aalap in Yaman. Going further, the artiste plays serene bandishes in Madhya Laya Rupak Taal, Madhya Laya Adha 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 Yaman on Bansuri, provided by Shri Venugopal 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
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Raga Name |
Yaman |
That |
Kalyan |
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Rasa |
Time |
Evening |
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Jati |
Sampoorna-Sampoorna |
Scale |
Heptatonic- Heptatonic |
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Vadi |
Gandhar(G) |
Samvadi |
Nishad(N) |
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Ascending |
ṆRG > M >G MGP GMD NDṠ |
Descending |
ṠN > NDP PM PG P~R GR ṆRS |
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Swaras : Sa, Re, Ga, Teevra Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni |
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| P̣> | Ṇ R> | GM> | DN> | Ṙ Ġ | Ṁ Ṗ > |
| Ṗ > | Ṁ Ġ Ṙ Ṡ>> | ND PM | GR | S Ṇ | Ḍ P̣ |
Raga phirat
| S>> | Ṇ> Ḍ> | ṆS Ṇ>> | P̣ Ṃ > | G̣ Ṃ Ḍ Ṇ>> | Ṇ Ḍ Ṇ>> | R>G>R | ṆRS> |
| ṆR G> | P>MG> | RG MDN> | DP MGR> | ṆR | GMP> | MGR> | Ṇ Ḍ Ṇ R> |
| Ṇ S> |
Raga Chalan
Aalap in Yaman
Mandra -Madhya Saptak Aalap I
| S>> | S>> | S>> | Ṇ> Ḍ Ṇ> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ Ḍ>> | S> N>> |
| Ḍ>> | Ḍ~S>> | S>> | S>> | ||||
| S>> | S>> | Ṇ Ḍ Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ Ḍ Ṇ>> | Ṇ Ḍ P̣>> | P̣>> |
| P̣>> | P̣ Ṃ>> | P̣>> | |||||
| P̣>> | P> Ṃ G̣ | Ṃ Ḍ Ṇ> | Ḍ Ṇ>> | RS Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ Ḍ Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> |
| Ḍ Ṇ>> | S Ṇ>> | S Ṇ>> | Ḍ Ṇ>> | Ḍ Ṇ S>> | S>> | S>> | |
| S>> | S>> | Ḍ ṆR> | SS Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | Ṇ>> | ṆGR> | S Ṇ>> |
| Ḍ>> | ṆS Ṇ>> | ṆS >R S Ṇ | Ḍ N~GR> | ṆRS> | |||
Yaman - Composition
Bandish in Rupak:
| Asthayi | ||||||
| Ti | Ti | Na | Dhi | Na | Dhi | Na |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| >>Ṇ Ḍ | >ṆS> | |||||
| R>Ṇ> | S> | N>R> | ||||
| S>RG | >MM> | |||||
| P> | P> | MDN Ṡ | NDP> | R>GR | S>, | |
Taan ~ Palta ~ Layakari
8 Beats Taan:
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ṆR |
GM |
GR |
S> |
ṆR |
GM |
DN |
Ṡ> |
15 Beats Taan:
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Ṙ Ġ |
Ṁ Ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
N D |
N Ṙ |
Ṡ N |
DP |
MG |
RS |
Ṇ Ḍ |
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Ṇ R |
GM |
DN |
Ṙ Ġ |
Ṙ Ṡ |
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