Asavari
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Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...
raga
Raga
A raga is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music.It is a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is made...
. It belongs to the Asavari thāt and is performed in the morning hours.
Structure
ArohanaArohana
Arohana, Arohanam or Arohan, in the context of North Indian Classical Music and South Indian Classical Music, is the ascending scale of notes in a raga...
: S R m P d S'
Avarohana
Avarohana
An Avarohana, Avarohanam or Avarohan in Indian classical music terminology is the descending scale of any raga. Each raga has an avarohana and arohana. The notes descend in pitch from the octave tonic down to the lower tonic...
: S' n d P m P g R S
Vadi
Vadi (Hindustani classical music)
Vadi, in both Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music, is the dominant swara of a given raga . "Vadi is the most sonant or most important note of a Raga." It does not refer to the most played note but it rather refers to a note of special significance.It is usually the swara which is...
: dha
Samavadi
Samavadi
In Indian classical music, the second-most prominent note of a raga is referred as samvadi. This could be misleading, as it may not necessarily refer to the second-most played note....
: ga
Important Anuvaadi: P
Jaati: Audav-Sampoorn
Organization and relationships
The ragas closest to Asavari are Komal Rishabh Asavari and JaunpuriJaunpuri
Jaunpuri is a rāga in Hindustani classical music in the Asavari thaat. Some experts like Pandit Omkarnath Thakur consider it indistinguishable from the shuddha rishabh Asavari.The name of the rāga associates it with Jaunpur in northern Uttar Pradesh....
and it is part of the Kanada Raga group
Kanada Raga group
Kanada is a group of ragas in Hindustani classical music.Kanada is derived from Karnata, which suggests that it may have originated in the Carnatic music tradition....