Raag Sindhu Bhairavi Alap03 -Alap 1
Alap 1:
S R g R g – – – g R S .n’ – – .n’ S – S r g R g – S r S –
Note use of R and r
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It is very important to get accuracy of notes while playing Alaps therefore practice Meand (Stretch) for every note before playing Alaps. The way is to listen to the note and then stretch to get that note accurately. Your finger will learn how much to stretch after enough practice.
Notation for Meand (Stretch):
.n’ – means that you have to stretch S first with your finger at .n and slowly release till .n
.d’ – means that you have to stretch .n first with your finger at .d and slowly release till .d
g’ – means that you have to stretch M first with your finger at g and slowly release till g
‘M – means that you have to have your finger on g and from g slowly stretch to M
1. Raag Sindhu Bhairavi has all the notes of Raag Bhairavi – S r g M P d n S. plus it also uses Shuddh (pure) R and D. It is said that Bhairavi can use all 12 notes and in these lessons R , D and Tivra M’ have been used.
2. The Alaps need lot of meand (stretch). Please follow the special notation for meand provided on the left side.
3. Stretching (meand) is normally slow. Get enough practice for accuracy of notes while stretching.
4. View small video clip to understand better
5. A dot after the note shows higher octave
6. A dot before the note will show lower octave. Two dots before shows very low octave which is played on third and fourth wire
7. View movie several times to understand clearly.
- Raag Sindhu Bhairavi has all the notes of Raag Bhairavi - S r g M P d n S. plus it also uses Shuddh (pure) R and D. It is said that Bhairavi can use all 12 notes and in these lessons R , D and Tivra M' have been used.
- The Alaps need lot of meand (stretch). Please follow the special notation for meand provided on the left side.