Raga Jaunpuri is a
rāga 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 ...
in the
Asavari
Raga Asavari () is a Hindustani classical raga. It belongs to the Asavari thaat and is performed in the morning hours.
In pre- Bhatkhande days this Asavari used the Komal Rishab instead of Shuddh Rishab. When Bhatkhandeji created the thaat pr ...
thaat
A Thaat () is a "Parent scale" in North Indian or Hindustani music. It is the Hindustani equivalent of the term ''Melakartha raga'' of Carnatic Music. The concept of the ''thaat'' is not exactly equivalent to the western musical scale because t ...
. Some musicians like
Omkarnath Thakur
Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 – 29 December 1967), was an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer. A disciple of classical singer Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior gharana, he became the principal of Gand ...
consider it indistinguishable from the shuddha rishabh
Asavari
Raga Asavari () is a Hindustani classical raga. It belongs to the Asavari thaat and is performed in the morning hours.
In pre- Bhatkhande days this Asavari used the Komal Rishab instead of Shuddh Rishab. When Bhatkhandeji created the thaat pr ...
.
[Rajan Parrikar]
Asavari and Associates
Its attractive swaras also make it a popular raga in the Carnatic circles with a number of compositions in South India being tuned to Jaunpuri.
The name of the rāga may associate it with places of this name, such as Javanpur in Gujarat, close to
Saurasthra region and
Jaunpur in northern
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
History
Jaunpuri was created by Sultan Hussain Sharqi of Jaunpur.
Structure
The Pakad is "m P n d P, m P g, R m P"
It is usually performed in morning (9-12pm).
In Carnatic music
Structure and Lakshana
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(the notes used in this scale are ''shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, kaishika nishadham and shuddh dhaivatam'')
In the Carnatic circles, ''Jonpuri'' is considered a ''janya'' rāga of ''
Natabhairavi'', the 20th ''
Melakarta
Mēḷakartā is a collection of fundamental musical scales ( ragas) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). ''Mēḷakartā'' ragas are parent ragas (hence known as ''janaka'' ragas) from which other ragas may be generated. A ''melak ...
'' rāga.
Popular compositions
''Jonpuri'' lends itself to songs that try to convey baltic or a certain glorious grandeur or awe.
Kritis
Film songs
Tamil
Notes
References
{{Rāgas as per Performance Time
Hindustani ragas
Janya ragas