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raga A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition, and as a ...

'' of

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. It is mostly used in light-classical forms, like ''thumris''.

Arohana and Avarohana

Arohana

P 'N S g m P N S
N S G m P N S
S g m P D S
S R m P N S

Avarohana

S' N D P m G m P g R S 'N S
S' N S' D n D P m G m P G P m g R S 'N S Some performances include shades of ' MA

Vadi and Samvadi

Ga as ''vadi'' Ni as ''samvadi''

Pakad or Chalan

S g R g S R 'N S, G m n P g - S S g R S 'N S 'N - 'P 'd 'P 'N S - g R g 'N S

Organization and relationships

Related ''ragas'': Kirwani resembles an ancient kind of Pilu.

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 ...

Bhatkhande Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (10 August 1860 – 19 September 1936) was an Indian musicologist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated for centuries mostly through oral traditions. ...

classified Pilu in the Kafi ''thaat).''

''Samay'' (time)

Third part of the day

Seasonality

Often related to the monsoon season, this raag is popular in the occasion of Hindu festival "Holi" halguna (February - March) monthalso known as Raga of colours for its smpoorna jaati and blissful nature. http://www.tanarang.com/english/pilu_eng.htm-get more information about Raga PiluCAPTCHA

''Rasa''

Cheerful, Joyous, Alegre, moving. (', ', ') are synonymical expressions.

''Thaat''

Kafi

In this raga, both Ga, Dha, Ni are sung IN, In or in may refer to: Places * India (country code IN) * Indiana, United States (postal code IN) * Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN) * In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Businesses and organizations * In ...

Historical information

Origins

Important recordings

* Shankar– Menuhin, ''West Meets East''; debuted 10 December 1967 * Nikhil Banerjee:Pilu * ''Ab Ke Baras Bhej'': Bandini'' (1963); Singer:

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* ''Ezhumalai vazh Govinda'': Vindhaigal Purindhai Nee En Vazhvile (2012); ''Singer:

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, Music: Manachanallur Giridharan

Film Songs

Language: Tamil

Note that the following songs are composed in Kapi, the equivalent of raga Pilu in

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