Gaud Sarang is a
raga in
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...
that combines characteristics of
Sarang and the now extinct raga named Gaud. Unlike most other members of the
Sarang family of ragas, Gaud Sarang is assigned to the
Kalyan thaat
Kalyan () is one of the ten basic thaats of Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a raga (more popularly known as Yaman) within this thaat.
Description
Kalyan thaat consists of an important group of evening ragas ...
rather than the usual
Kafi
Kafi ( pa, ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi), Hindi: काफ़ी, Urdu: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي) is a classical form of Sufi music mostly in the Siraiki, Punjabi and Sindhi languages and originating from the Punjab, and Sindh re ...
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The Indian National Anthem
Jana gana mana
"" (Sanskrit: जन गण मन) is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as '' Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata'' in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The first stanza of the song ''Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata' ...
is sung in the raga Gaud Sarang. It is believed that the National Anthem of India is in raga
Bilaval, but it isn't like that. There is a certain
svara which is changes the whole raga of the Anthem. In the national anthem, the
Madhyama svara is employed. Raga Bilaval doesn't have the svara of Madhyama (obviously, raga
Bilaval is the raga of all Shuddha
Svaras and no other types of svaras). But raga Gaud Sarang has the Madhyama svara.
So from this, the National Anthem of India,
Jana gana mana
"" (Sanskrit: जन गण मन) is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as '' Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata'' in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The first stanza of the song ''Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata' ...
is in raga Gaud Sarang.
Theory
Arohana
Arohana, Arohanam or Aroha, in the context of Indian classical music, is the ascending scale of notes in a raga.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, ''Glossary'' pages, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications The pitch increases as we ...
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Avarohana
An Avarohana, Avarohanam or Avaroha, in the context of Indian classical music, is the descending scale of any raga.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, ''Glossary'' pages, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications The notes descend in pitch ...
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Notes
References
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Hindustani ragas
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