Vilambit (Slow) – Toda 1

Toda 1: starting from 0 (Khali) – 9th beat

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

View the video clip to understand

1. Raag Malkauns uses only 5 notes in ascending and descending order. In this raga, R and P are not used and Ga, Dha, & Ni are komal (flat) represented by g, d & n

2. Vilambit Gat (Slow Composition) is also called Masitkhani Gat

3. Stretching (meand) is very slow. Get enough practice for accuracy of notes while streching. This composition uses lot of meand.

4. View video to understand better

5. A dot after the note shows higher octave

6. A dot before the note will show lower octave.

7. View movie several times to understand clearly.