Alhaiya Bilaval

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Alhaiya Bilaval
ThaatBilaval
TypeShadava-sampurna
Time of dayEarly Morning (Din ka Pratham Prahar-4 a.m-8a.m
ArohanaS GR G P ND N S'
AvarohanaS' ND n D P M G MR S
PakadG R G P m G m R G P D n D P
VadiDha
SamavadiGa
SynonymAlhaiya Bilawal
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Alhaiya Bilaval is a Hindustani classical raga. It is the most commonly performed raga of a large group of ragas that are mainly based on a scale more or less identical to the Western major scale. For this reason, that scale itself is known as the Bilaval Thaat. It is often simply referred to as Bilaval, although in the 17th century Alhaiya and Bilaval may have been separate ragas. Alhaiya Bilaval is a raga which M is the main key.

Character[edit | edit source]

Thaat: Bilaval

Arohana, Avarohana and Pakad[edit | edit source]

Arohana: S GR G P ND N S'

Avarohana: S' ND n D P M G MR S

Pakad: G R G P m G m R G P m G m R S

Vadi and Samavadi[edit | edit source]

Vadi: dha

Samavadi: ga

Komal Swar: N (Vakra) in Avarohana

Varjit Swar: M in Arohana

Related ragas[edit | edit source]

Alhaiya Bilaval is referred to as Bilaval, however, the Wikipedia page refers to Shuddha Bilaval as Bilaval. Bilaval, Shuddha Bilawal, Devgiri Bilawal, Shukla Bilawal, Kakubh Bilawal[1]

Time[edit | edit source]

Late Morning, 9 AM to 12 noon

Rasa[edit | edit source]

Shaant Rasa (peaceful).

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Bor 1999

Literature[edit | edit source]

Bor, Joep (ed). Rao, Suvarnalata; der Meer, Wim van; Harvey, Jane (co-authors) The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Zenith Media, London: 1999.

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