Darbari Kanada, or simplyRaga Darbari (pronounced darbāri kānada), is araga inHindustani music. It is ajanya ragam (derived scale) of 20thMelakarta ragaNatabhairavi. It is believed to be borrowed intoHindustani classical music byMiyan Tansen, the famous 16th-century composer in the Mughal emperorAkbar's court. It belongs to theKanada family. It is believed that the Mughal emperorAkbar was very fond of this raaga. Hence often madeMiyan Tansen sing this raaga in his court. This is reflected in the name itself;Darbar is thePersian derived word inHindi meaning "court." As the most familiar raga in the Kanada family, it may sometimes also be called Shuddha Kanada orpure Kanada. It belongs to theAsavarithaat.^[1] This raag is called raaga Kaanada inYakshagana Karnataka state dance. It is also sometimes written asDurbari andDurbarikanada.^[2]

In Hindustani music, Darbari follows almost its original style of singing from the Carnatic music. It is a grave raga, played deep into the night, considered to be one of the more difficult to master, and with the potential for profound emotional impact.^[3]

Darbari is a very serious raga and hence, slow and elaboratemeend andandolan are generally more preferred than light and frivolous ornamentations like murki or khatka. The improvisation of Darbari is done more in the mandra saptak, or lower octave. The ascension ofarohana is in the lower and middle octaves. In theavarohana the note Ga (gandhar)komal is used in a slowvibrato (andolan) on this note. Similarly, komal Dha is also used by Andolan. The Andolan of komal Ga and komal Dha add to the gravity of the raga. The association of the notes Ni and Pa sounds pleasing. ItsVadiswara is Re andSamavadi is Pa.

arohana: S R (R)g, (R)g M P d n S'

avarohana: S' d n P M P (M)g, (M)g M (S)R, S

For reference, the set of notes in the Asavari thaat is S R g M P d n, and for Darbari, the role of thekomal gandhar is crucial, as is dwelling on the lower komal dhaivat for some time. Other ragas in the Kanada family includeAbhogi Kanada,Shahana Kanada, andAdana (Adana is part of theKanada Raga group).

• Amir Khan, Raagaas Maarwa and Darbaari,OdeonLP (long-playing record), ODEON-MOAE 103, later reissued byHis Master's Voice as EMI-EALP1253, critically regarded as a benchmark for both Maarwa and Darbaari.
• Pt. D. V. Paluskar, Jhanak Jhanakva More Bitchuwa, Golden Milestones, D. V. Paluskar. This is actually closer to raag Adaana than Darbaari.
• East Atlanta rapperJID, samples the Darbaari raga on his song151 Rum (song)

It is anubhaya vakrasampurna rāgam derived from the 20thmelakarta rāgamNatabhairavi.^[4] It is an extremely melodious raga. It can create extreme and unparalleled emotional impact. It is said to evoke feeling of sadness, longing and romance to listeners. Itsārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows (seeswaras in Carnatic music for details on the notations used):

• ārohaṇa :S R₂ G₂ S M₁ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ[a]
• avarohaṇa :Ṡ D₁ N₂ P M₁ P G₂ R₂ S[b]

This scale uses the noteschatusruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham.^[4]

• Chandra chuda shiva shankara parvati byPurandara Dasa
• Govardhana Giridhara byNarayana Teertha
• Nee ninaindhal byPeriyasaami Thooran^{[citation needed]}
• Paadodhi Kanyakaam byKalyani Varadarajan^{[citation needed]}
• Devan ke pati Indra bySwathi Thirunal
• Hari Tum Haro byMirabai
• Jaya Radha Madhava byBhaktivinoda Thakur
• Rama Nama Bhajisidavage byGopala Dasa
• Nindathi Chandanam-Ashtapadi byJayadeva
• Prema Mudita is a famousSathya Sai Baba Bhajan
• Thillana byLalgudi Jayaraman
• Thillana byS. Kalyanaraman

• List of Film Songs based on Ragas

• Film Songs in Rag Darbari KanadaArchived 3 April 2019 at theWayback Machine
• More details about raga DarbariKanada

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