Or S' n D m P D g m g R S

Raga Bageshri orBageshree (IAST:Bāgeśrī) is aHindustani raga. It is meant to depict the emotion of waiting for reunion with one's lover. Being a very melodic raga it has gained popularity over the centuries. Like all ragas, Raga Bageshri traces its origins to the Samaveda, a sacred Hindu text with roots that likely date back to around 1500 BCE, though its oral tradition could be much older.^[3]

Raga Bageshri is a night time raga (madhya raatri Ragsamaya), written inKaafithaat,MaVadi,Sa Samvadi, 5/7 Jati, Hasya Rasa (associated with joyful, the comic, and happy emotions).^[4][5]

In modern days, people like the popular Hindi music directorC.Ramchandra favour composing songs in Bageshri, as he found it simple. In a 1978 interview at BBC studios with Mahendra Kaul, he explained this, while playing songs like (Radha na bole – Azad, 1955) that were set to Bageshri.^[6]

Thetheoretical aspects of Bageshri are as follows:

Arohana : S g m D n S'^[1][2]

Avarohana : S' n D m P D g m g R S^[1][2]

Vadi : Madhyam (Ma)^[1]

Samavadi: Shadja (Sa)^[1]

D n s, m, m P D, m g R S

Varjit Swara – P & R in Aaroh

Jati : – Audav-Sampoorna (Vakra)

Thaat:Kafi (raga)

The time for this raaga ismadhya raatri (middle of the night).

Bageshri raga a popular raga. It is derived from the 22ndMelakarta,Kharaharapriya.^[7] This raga is ajanya raga (derived) as it does not have all the seven notes in the ascending scale.

Bageshri is an asymmetric scale that does not containpanchamam orrishabam in the ascending scale. It is called aaudava-sampurna rāgam,^[7] in Carnatic music classification (as it has 5 notes in ascending and 7 notes in descending scale). Itsārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows (seeswaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

• ārohaṇa :S G₂ M₁ D₂ N₂ Ṡ[a]
• avarohaṇa :Ṡ N₂ D₂ N₂ P M₁ G₂ R₂ S[b]

This scale uses the notesshadjam, chathusruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham, andkaisiki nishadam.

Bageshri is a very melodic raga in Carnatic music.^[7] So, even though this scale has been used only in a fewkrithis (compositions), many devaranamas, ashtapadis, thiruppugazhs, and other lyrics have been set to tune in this raga. It is typically sung in concerts after the main piece, inviruttams,padams,bhajans, andragamalika.^[7]

Here are some popular compositions inBageshri.

• Eru mayil eri vilayadu composed byArunagirinathar
• Sagarasayana byM. D. Ramanathan
• Maname Ariyen byPapanasam Sivan
• Antakanadutarige Kimchittu dayavilla byPurandaradasa
• Govindamiha byNarayana Theertha
• Kanden Kanden byArunachala Kavi-Also sung inVasantha

• List of film songs based on ragas

• Bor, Joep; Rao, Suvarnalata (1999).The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Nimbus Records with Rotterdam Conservatory of Music. p. 26.ISBN 978-0-9543976-0-9.

• SRA on Samay and Ragas
• SRA on Ragas and Thaats
• Rajan Parrikar on Ragas
• Rajan Parrikar on Bageshree
• Film Songs in Rag BageshreeArchived 16 September 2010 at theWayback Machine
• More details about raga Bageshree

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• Janya ragas

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